Mooren's ulcer. Treatment by conjunctival excision.
Ten eyes with progressing Mooren's or similar ulcers were treated by excising a 3 to 4 mm ring of limbal conjunctiva adjacent to the ulcer. Eight eyes healed within 3 weeks. Seven of these eyes have remained healed, while one eye has had repeated ulcers which healed when re-treated with conjunctival exicision.
D000368:Aged; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery*; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012590:Sclera / Q000637:transplantation