[Characteristics of patients with pterygium in the Botucatu region].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the characteristics of patients with conjunctival pterygia in the Botucatu region (São Paulo State).


METHODS
A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the gender, occupation, complaints and lesion characteristics (primary or recurrent lesion, size, involutive or pulpous) of patients with pterygium. The data were submitted to statistical analysis.


RESULTS
Approximately half of the patients were female and over 40 years old. The main complaint was the esthetic effect of the lesion. The majority of the lesions were primary (77.08%), grade 2 (69.6%) and pulpous (86.7%). Pterygium grade 4 was present in the 1.4% of the patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Most patients were female, over 40 years old. Primary, grade 2 and pulpous lesion was the most frequently observed. Blindness caused by pterygium is still present in Brazil.
Schellini
Silvana Artioli
SA
Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP.
dos Reis Veloso
Carlos Eduardo
CE
Lopes
Wannessa
W
Padovani
Carlos Roberto
CR
Padovani
Carlos Roberto Pereira
CR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011625:Pterygium / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution