Pellucid marginal degeneration: postponing penetrating keratoplasty for over a decade
Abstract Pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) treatment can be challenging in moderate to advanced cases and penetrating keratoplasty should be avoided due to high risk of complications, such as graft rejection. We report a case of a 30-year-old female patient with PMD that was referred to our servi...
Main Authors: | Fábio Mendonça Xavier Andrade, Maria Emília Xavier dos Santos Araújo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-72802018000200089&lng=en&tlng=en |
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