[Ipsilateral surgery of primary pterygium, sensory esotropia and conjunctival autotransplantation in a single procedure].
The purpose of this study was to find out whether a conjunctival autograft over the recessed bulbomotor muscle can prevent a recidive of an inflammatory internal pterygium associated with strabismus. The fast growing internal pterygium (crossing corneoscleral limbus of the right eye 3-4 mm towards the centre of the cornea) in a 42 years old patient, was removed by superficial keratectomy, while strabismus was corrected by the recession of the internal rectus muscle and covered with an autograft of the upper bulbar conjunctiva. Neither collagen vascular diseases, nor dry eye were present. Horizontal deviation was lessened from +12 to +6, after surgery, and the regrowth of the inflammatory pterygium was not observed during a five years follow up. The risk of the reappearance of pterygium at the site of muscle surgery for strabismus might have been avoided by creating a smooth ocular surface over a thin conjunctival autograft without Tenon's capsule. We believe that conjunctival autograft in such eyes, carrying a higher risk for pterygium regrowth, may help in the avoidance of the use of cytostatic drugs and on their untoward effects.
Klinika za ocne bolesti KBC Zvezdara, Beograd.
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D000328:Adult; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000637:transplantation*; D004948:Esotropia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D011625:Pterygium / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence