Congenital insensitivity to pain with neuroparalytic keratitis.
Congenital insensitivity to pain is a well-defined entity in the group of sensory deficiency syndromes. To the best of our knowledge, unilateral neuroparalytic keratitis associated with congenital insensitivity to pain has not been reported. We report such a case to alert clinicians to this potentially blinding problem.
Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Biedner
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Dagan
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Gedalia
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David
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000699:Pain Insensitivity, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D013666:Tears / Q000378:metabolism