title: [Pathogenetic relationship between pterygium and dry eye syndrome (clinical and cytological study)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the prevalence of dry eye syndrome in patients with initial primary pterygium for determination of a possible pathogenetic role of dry eye syndrome in the development of pterygium.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 patients with initial primary pterygium; besides conventional ophthalmic assessment, cytological examination of bulbar conjunctiva was performed in all cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Signs of dry eye syndrome, of similar severity in both eyes, were found in 100% of patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dry eye can be one of the precipitating factors of primary pterygium.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Petraevskiĭ
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Trishkin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology*; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011625:Pterygium / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*