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Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva/etiologia , Doenças do Cabelo/etiologia , Folículo Piloso/patologia , Hemorragia/etiologia , Estigma Social , Doenças das Glândulas Sudoríparas/etiologia , Adolescente , Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva/diagnóstico , Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva/psicologia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Doenças do Cabelo/diagnóstico , Doenças do Cabelo/psicologia , Hemorragia/diagnóstico , Hemorragia/psicologia , Humanos , Estresse Psicológico/complicações , Doenças das Glândulas Sudoríparas/diagnóstico , Doenças das Glândulas Sudoríparas/psicologiaRESUMO
PURPOSE: To determine the influence of ocular complications on quality of life (QoL) 3 years after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT). METHODS: All 54 adult patients that underwent and survived allo-SCT in 2006/2007 in our centre received two questionnaires (VFQ-25: visual function questionnaire-25 and OSDI: ocular surface disease index). In addition, the following data were included: gender, age, underlying disease, presence of chronic and/or ocular graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), number of visits to an ophthalmologist, manifestations of dry eye disease, the duration of follow-up and treatment for ocular GVHD. RESULTS: Ocular GVHD developed in 26% (14 of 54) of patients and 71% (10 of 14) received treatment for ocular GVHD. The presence of ocular GVHD correlated with the severity of systemic GVHD (correlation coefficient: 0.52, p = 0.00). The Karnofsky scores were significantly lower in the patients with ocular GVHD compared to the patients with no ocular GVHD (p = 0.001). Karnofsky scores were weakly correlated with the severity of systemic GVHD (correlation coefficient: 0.25, p = 0.03. Three years after the all-SCT, OSDI and VFQ-25 scores were significantly impaired in patients with ocular GVHD [mean: 76.5; range (46.1-100) and mean: 31.1; range (0-72.9)] compared to patients with no ocular GVHD [mean: 89.4; range (45.2-100) and mean: 12.9; range (0-58.3); p = 0.02]. The scores of the VFQ-25 were significantly lower in the domains of general health, ocular pain, social functioning and role difficulties. CONCLUSION: The long-term vision-related QoL measured by the OSDI and VFQ-25 was impaired in patients with ocular GVHD.
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Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva/psicologia , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/psicologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Doenças do Aparelho Lacrimal/psicologia , Qualidade de Vida/psicologia , Adulto , Idoso , Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva/etiologia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , Humanos , Doenças do Aparelho Lacrimal/etiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Perfil de Impacto da Doença , Inquéritos e Questionários , Transplante HomólogoRESUMO
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to present a patient with atypical corneoconjunctival lesions as a result of transconjunctival heroin abuse. METHODS: The authors conducted a prospective 8-month follow up of a 16-year-old girl who presented with bilateral atypical corneoconjunctival lesions. RESULTS: After a period of close observation, running diagnostic tests, and conservative treatment, the nature of the disease was suspected. Further discussion with the patient's family and her final confession revealed that she was using heroin through the conjunctiva. CONCLUSION: Substance abuse should be considered in the list of differential diagnoses in patients with an unusual presentation of ocular disease.
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Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva/etiologia , Doenças da Córnea/etiologia , Dependência de Heroína/complicações , Adolescente , Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva/diagnóstico , Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva/psicologia , Doenças da Córnea/diagnóstico , Doenças da Córnea/psicologia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Dependência de Heroína/diagnóstico , Dependência de Heroína/psicologia , Humanos , Estudos Prospectivos , Acuidade Visual/fisiologiaRESUMO
Ectopic cilia are the most rare of cilial anomalies. We report a 27-year-old man who presents with tarsal conjunctival symptomatic ectopic cilia. On slit-lamp examination eversion of the lower eyelid demonstrated that several black-white cilia were protruding from the conjunctiva.