title: Keratolimbal autograft transplantation as a possible new treatment of Lisch epithelial corneal dystrophy.
abstract: METHODS
  The case concerns 64-year-old woman with visual acuity of 20/40 in the right eye. Slit-lamp examination revealed a grey, feathery corneal opacification with intraepithelial microcysts compatible with Lisch epithelial corneal dystrophy (LECD). It was treated with epithelial debridements, contact lenses and mitomycin C, but the opacification recurred within months. The removal of limbus sector and autologous limbal transplantation (KLAT) were used successfully without recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After removal of damaged limbus, KLAT should be considered as a treatment option for asymmetric LECD when other treatments have failed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Celis Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, España. Electronic address: Dimeva23@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Mesa Varona
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Avendaño Cantos
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, España.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López-Romero Moraleda
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital de la Línea de la Concepción, La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cebrian Rosado
authors.affiliation: Jefatura de Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González Del Valle
mesh_terms: D003261:Contact Lenses; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D016685:Mitomycin
keywords: Corneal dystrophy; Distrofia corneal; Distrofia de Lisch; Keratolimbal autograft transplantation; Lisch dystrophy; Trasplante autólogo de limbo