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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey
versión On-line ISSN 1025-0255
Resumen
VARELA RAMOS, Georgina; MENDOZA CRUZ, Rolando y RODRIGUEZ MARTI, Mariela. Acute keratoconus in children: Report on two cases. AMC [online]. 2006, vol.10, n.4, pp. 117-122. ISSN 1025-0255.
Acute keratoconus in children results from a rupture in Descemt membrane, followed by leakage of aquous humor toward the inner corneal of the stroma, which causes enlargement, opaqueness, and edematous noise in the corneal epithelium, the frequency rate of acute keratoconus with penetrating keratoplasty throuhg early treatment of progressive keratoconus with penetrating keratopasty. This paper reports on two cases of acute keratoconus in children by discussing the clinical features of such an entity.
Palabras clave : CHILD; KERATOCONUS [diagnosis]; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION.