Prevalence of spheroidal degeneration of cornea and its association with other eye diseases in tribes of Western Rajasthan
العنوان: | Prevalence of spheroidal degeneration of cornea and its association with other eye diseases in tribes of Western Rajasthan |
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المؤلفون: | Manju Gajraj, Amit Mohan, Zeeshan Jamil, Vishal C Bhatanagar |
المصدر: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 65, Iss 10, Pp 1010-1014 (2017) Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
بيانات النشر: | Medknow, 2017. |
سنة النشر: | 2017 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, India, Microtrauma, Degeneration (medical), Exfoliation Syndrome, Cataract, Corneal Diseases, pseudocapsular exfoliation, Cornea, 03 medical and health sciences, Sex Factors, Community Eye care, 0302 clinical medicine, lcsh:Ophthalmology, Risk Factors, Ophthalmology, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, pterygium, 030212 general & internal medicine, Aged, spheroidal degeneration of cornea, Slit lamp, Pterygium (conjunctiva), business.industry, Arcus senilis, Age Factors, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, eye diseases, Surgery, medicine.anatomical_structure, lcsh:RE1-994, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, Etiology, Female, sense organs, medicine.symptom, business, cortical and nuclear cataract |
الوصف: | Purpose: To determine the prevalence of spheroidal degeneration of cornea (SDC) and its association with other eye diseases in the tribes of South-West Rajasthan. Methods: A total of 5012 patients were examined on slit lamp for the diagnosis of SDC. Diagnosis of SDC was made based on presence of amber granules in the superficial stroma of peripheral interpalpebral cornea with increasing opacification, coalescence and central spread or nodular and hazy surrounding stroma and divided in three stages. Results: The prevalence of SDC was 10.7%. Around 55% of the total of 535 cases examined were found to have Stage I followed by Stage II (32%) and Stage III (13%). The prevalence is greatest in both men and women over 70 years of age. The severity of SDC is greater in men. SDC was significantly associated with pterygium and pseudocapsular exfoliation. Conclusion: Extreme temperature, low humidity, dust, high wind, and microtrauma caused by sand particles are the probable etiologies for higher prevalence of this kind of degeneration in this region. |
تدمد: | 0301-4738 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d427d59186b13a658b90bb376a2c6c36 https://doi.org/10.4103/ijo.ijo_84_17 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....d427d59186b13a658b90bb376a2c6c36 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 03014738 |
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