title: Correlation between the histological features of corneal surface pannus following ocular surface burns and the final outcome of cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the influence of histological features of corneal surface pannus following ocular surface burn on the outcome of cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation (CLET).
  
  
  METHODS
  On retrospectively reviewing the medical records of the patients who underwent autologous CLET from April 2002 to June 2012 at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, we could trace the histological reports in only 90 records. These 90 records, besides clinical parameters, were reviewed for the influence of various histological features on the final outcome of CLET.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The histological features include epithelial hyperplasia (21.1%), surface ulceration (2.2%), goblet cells (62.2%), squamous metaplasia (11.1%), active fibrosis (31.1%), severe inflammation (8.9%), multinucleated giant cells (3.3%), stromal calcification (8.9%) and active proliferating vessels (5.6%). Among these histological features, patients with either hyperplasia or calcification in their excised corneal pannus show an unfavourable outcome compared with patients without hyperplasia (p=0.003) or calcification (p=0.018). A similar unfavourable outcome was not seen with other histological features and various clinical parameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Presence of either calcific deposits or hyperplasia in the excised corneal pannus provides poor prognostication; hence, a proper counselling of such patients is mandatory along with a close follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Command Hospital (EC), Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Alok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sati
authors.affiliation: Cornea and Anterior Segment Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sayan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.affiliation: Cornea and Anterior Segment Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Virender S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Sangwan
authors.affiliation: School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Geeta K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Vemuganti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D016510:Corneal Neovascularization / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000637:transplantation*; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000637:transplantation; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation
keywords: Cornea; Stem Cells