title: Extensive fibrous downgrowth after traumatic corneoscleral wound dehiscence.
abstract: Two months after cataract surgery, subconjuctival would gaping developed in our patients as a result of trauma and was resutured. Subsequently, corneal edema and a retrocorneal membrane were noticed. During penetrating keratoplasty, a thick fibrous membrane was found growing from the posterior corneal surface into the anterior and posterior chambers. Histopathologic studies revealed fibrous down-growth from the corneal stroma through a gap in Descemet's layer, forming a retrocorneal membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zandbank
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barash
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ben-David
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yassur
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000473:pathology*; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery