title: Vernal keratoconjunctivitis: modes of presentation in Nepalese population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine pattern of clinical presentation in Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) in our context.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-four VKC patients were included in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study revealed prepubertal onset with male preponderance and most frequently encountered symptom in the study among VKC cases was itching (100%) followed by redness of eyes and discharge (76.5% each) and the commonest sign was tarsal papillae (100%) followed by conjunctival hyperemia (91%) in 68 eyes of 34 cases of VKC.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical presentation of VKC cases in our country is very much similar to the findings of other parts of the world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal, Nepal. supranp@yahoo.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pokharel
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choudhary
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003233:Conjunctivitis, Allergic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence