title: Recurrence of Fuchs marginal keratitis within a lamellar graft.
abstract: We report a case of Fuchs marginal keratitis with a recurrence and spontaneous perforation on the lamellar graft. A constellation of marginal corneal infiltrates and stromal thinning under a pseudopterygium characterize this condition. Two years after an initial lamellar keratoplasty, the pathology recurred within the graft. A repeat lamellar keratoplasty was performed, this time combined with a conjunctival autograft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cornea and External Disease, Cincinnati Eye Institute, OH 45242, USA. hbrilakis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Harilaos S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Brilakis
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Nordlund
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000473:pathology*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation