Corneal perforation in a patient with Cockayne's syndrome.
A 10-year-old boy with Cockayne's syndrome had an aseptic perforation centered in a corneal opacity of the right eye. Exposure keratitis, which was caused by anhidrosis, loss of blinking, and lack of Bell's phenomenon, was considered responsible for this condition. A therapeutic soft contact lens was applied to heal the corneal wound.
Yamaguchi
K
K
Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Okabe
H
H
Tamai
M
M
D002648:Child; D003057:Cockayne Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male