Sequential lamellar and penetrating keratoplasty for multiple limbal choristomas.
Large choristomas that straddle the cornea and limbus can be removed and a lamellar graft sutured to the excision site. A central penetrating keratoplasty performed later can restore a clear visual axis.
Mullaney
P B
PB
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Teichmann
K D
KD
Huaman
A
A
Weatherhead
R R
RR
D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003103:Coloboma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000379:methods*; D016850:Limbus Corneae; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin