Cryogenic therapy in tropical limboconjunctivitis.
Twenty-four children and adolescents (48 eyes) showing signs of tropical (vernal) limboconjunctivitis were treated by cryotherapy. Cryoapplications were performed around the corneal limbus using temperatures of -35 to -40 degrees C. Definite improvement, with disappearance of pathological changes, was attained in four-fifths of the cases. In the majority of children no relapses of inflammation were noted up to one year later.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012621:Seasons; D014329:Tropical Climate