Ophthalmology A condition of older adults, characterized by a fleshy triangular fold of tissue that grows from the conjunctiva, encroaching on the cornea; it is clinically insignificant unless it affects the vision; it is usually on the nasal side, and may be bilateral Risk factors Exposure to ...
This report is the first known report in the peer-reviewed medical literature of patients with bilateral nasal pterygium in siblings younger than the age of 15.doi:10.4081/eye.2011.e1Suleyman CiftciLeyla CiftciPAGEPress Publications, Pavia, ItalyEye Reports...
appears on the side of the eye, usually near the nose. In more extreme cases, it can cover the pupil and cause vision problems. If you have more than one growth, the plural term for pterygium is pterygia (tur-rij-ee-ah). If it affects both eyes, it is known as bilateral pterygium...
Seventy-five eyes of 75 consecutive patients with primary pterygium undergoing surgical treatment between November 2014 to September 2015 were recruited. Eyes with recurrent pterygium were not included. When bilateral eyes of one patient were operated on, only the first eye was included in the analyse...
A fold of conjunctiva that has become attached to the cornea as a result of injury or ulcer near the limbus. Hard contact lens wear has occasionally given rise to pseudopterygium: refitting with soft contact lenses may then be indicated. In the case of pseudopterygium a probe can be passed...
To determine prevalence of pterygium, its role as main cause of unilateral and bilateral visual impairment and blindness and its impact on refractive errors from adults living in a high ultraviolet exposure area in the Brazilian Amazon Region.Cluster sampling was used in randomly selecting subjects ...
Pterygium in the left eye grows from the corner of the inner eye already reaching the edge of the cornea. CONCLUSION. Bilateral pterygium in these forestry workers meets the criteria to be categorized as occupational diseases based on work history and a history of ultraviolet exposure sufficient ...
The prevalence of pterygium in either eye was 19.6% (95% confidence interval (CI) 16.9 to 22.2) and of bilateral pterygium 8.0% (95% CI 7.7 to 8.3). Outdoor occupation was an independent predictor of pterygium (p<0.01). The mean apical extent from the limbus was 2.2 mm (95% CI ...
Pterygium leading to bilateral blindness and forcing patient to quit job is uncommon. This is a case report of a 46 year old indigent woman who had blinding pterygia over 10 years. She could not afford pterygium excision offered in a private eye clinic where she initially presented after a ...
Case: 15 years old girl, who is suffering from XP, presented to our clinic for treatment of her bilateral pterygium. Surgical resection was performed for a nasal, rapidly progressive pterygium in her left eye associated with multi-layer amniotic membrane grafting. Examination: Re-epithelialization ...