CIBICI   14215
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION EN BIOQUIMICA CLINICA E INMUNOLOGIA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
CLIMATIC DROPLET KERATOPATHY IN THE ARGENTINE PATAGONIA.
Autor/es:
A. URRETS-ZAVALÍA, JULIO; G. KNOLL, ERNA; PABLO MACCIO, J.; A. URRETS-ZAVALÍA, ENRIQUE; JOSÉ A. SAAD,; SERRA, HORACIO MARCELO
Revista:
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Referencias:
Año: 2006 vol. 141 p. 744 - 746
ISSN:
0002-9394
Resumen:
PURPOSE: To present the findings of climatic droplet
keratopathy (CDK) that affects people of a rural area of
the Argentine Patagonia.To present the findings of climatic droplet
keratopathy (CDK) that affects people of a rural area of
the Argentine Patagonia.
DESIGN: Observational case series.Observational case series.
METHODS: Five hundred seventy-seven individuals who
live in settlements and villages in an inland area of the
northwest Patagonia region in Argentina received a
complete eye examination.Five hundred seventy-seven individuals who
live in settlements and villages in an inland area of the
northwest Patagonia region in Argentina received a
complete eye examination.
RESULTS: The mean age was 36.02 years (r1.5 months to
89 years); 55.63% of the patients were female. The mean
age of the 7.62% of the patients who had typical CDK was
65.31 years (r 42 to 89 years); 86.36% of the patients
were male. Of 66 eyes in 35 patients with CDK, 35 eyes
had peripheral haziness (grade 1); 23 eyes had a bandshaped
haziness (grade 2), and 8 eyes had the aggregate of
yellow subepithelial droplets (grade 3). Pinguecula, pterygium,
cataract, and pseudoexfoliation were frequent findings
among patients with CDK.
CONCLUSION: CDK is not infrequent among male adults
in this area of the Argentine Patagonia and may be
severely handicapping. CDK is not infrequent among male adults
in this area of the Argentine Patagonia and may be
severely handicapping. The mean age was 36.02 years (r1.5 months to
89 years); 55.63% of the patients were female. The mean
age of the 7.62% of the patients who had typical CDK was
65.31 years (r 42 to 89 years); 86.36% of the patients
were male. Of 66 eyes in 35 patients with CDK, 35 eyes
had peripheral haziness (grade 1); 23 eyes had a bandshaped
haziness (grade 2), and 8 eyes had the aggregate of
yellow subepithelial droplets (grade 3). Pinguecula, pterygium,
cataract, and pseudoexfoliation were frequent findings
among patients with CDK.
CONCLUSION: CDK is not infrequent among male adults
in this area of the Argentine Patagonia and may be
severely handicapping. CDK is not infrequent among male adults
in this area of the Argentine Patagonia and may be
severely handicapping. r 42 to 89 years); 86.36% of the patients
were male. Of 66 eyes in 35 patients with CDK, 35 eyes
had peripheral haziness (grade 1); 23 eyes had a bandshaped
haziness (grade 2), and 8 eyes had the aggregate of
yellow subepithelial droplets (grade 3). Pinguecula, pterygium,
cataract, and pseudoexfoliation were frequent findings
among patients with CDK.
CONCLUSION: CDK is not infrequent among male adults
in this area of the Argentine Patagonia and may be
severely handicapping. CDK is not infrequent among male adults
in this area of the Argentine Patagonia and may be
severely handicapping.