Fresh frozen plasma (Octaplas) and topical heparin in the management of ligneous conjunctivitis.
Journal
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
ISSN: 1528-3933
Titre abrégé: J AAPOS
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9710011
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2019
02 2019
Historique:
received:
01
04
2017
revised:
07
04
2018
accepted:
16
05
2018
pubmed:
31
8
2018
medline:
17
3
2020
entrez:
31
8
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Ligneous conjunctivitis is a rare form of chronic recurrent membranous conjunctivitis with reduced plasminogen activity. It is characterized by the formation of characteristic firm ("woody") membranes on the tarsal conjunctiva. Similar lesions may occur on other mucous membranes. When treated with local excision, ligneous conjunctivitis is invariably associated with recurrences. Various therapeutic modalities, including topical heparin, cyclosporine, fresh frozen plasma (FFP), plasminogen, and amniotic membrane transplantation have been reported to reduce postoperative recurrences. We present 2 cases of recurrent ligneous conjunctivitis in children successfully managed with surgical excision under cover of FFP transfusion, amniotic membrane grafting, and combined with concomitant postoperative administration of topical heparin, steroids.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30165199
pii: S1091-8531(17)30259-8
doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2018.05.011
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anticoagulants
0
Plasminogen
9001-91-6
Heparin
9005-49-6
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
42-45.e1Informations de copyright
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