CLINICAL FEATURES OF SUPERIOR LIMBIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS IN AUSTRALIA - A PROBABLE ASSOCIATION WITH THYROTOXICOSIS

被引：42

作者：

CHER, I

机构：

[1] Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

来源：

ARCHIVES OF OPHTHALMOLOGY | 1969年 / 82卷 / 05期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1001/archopht.1969.00990020582002

中图分类号：

R77 [眼科学];

学科分类号：

100212 ;

摘要：

In Sydney, Australia, ten patients affected by superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis (SLKC) have been observed in one ophthalmic practice during a four-year period. Among the ten patients, three were found to be actively thyrotoxic, and two others had already undergone treatment for proven hyperthyroidism. Reference is made to a possible etiological contribution by the special anatomy of the upper conjunctival fornix and by secretions entering the conjunctival sac. The association with thyrotoxicosis revives the matter of an immunological (possibly auto-immune) origin for SLKC. A viral-induced mechanism has not been excluded. © 1969, American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：580 / &

共 11 条

[1]

CHER I, 1968, ARCH OPHTHALMOL-CHIC, V80, P416

[2]

CHER I, TO BE PUBLISHED

[3]

DONIACH D., 1965, P42

[4]

Jones B R, 1965, Trans Ophthalmol Soc U K, V85, P379

[5] HUMORAL FACTORS IN PATHOGENESIS OF GRAVES DISEASE [J].

MCKENZIE, JM .

PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, 1968, 48 (01) :252-+

[6] TEARS AS CARRIERS OF ANTIBODIES .I. PRESENCE OF ANTIBODIES TO DIVERSE ANTIGENS IN RABBIT TEARS [J].

SAPSE, AT ;

IVANYI, J ;

STONE, W ;

BONAVIDA, B ;

SERCARZ, EE .

ARCHIVES OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, 1967, 77 (04) :526-&

[7]

SUTHERLAND AL, TO BE PUBLISHED

[8]

TENZEL RR, 1968, ARCH OPHTHALMOL-CHIC, V79, P508

[9]

THEODORE F H, 1963, Eye Ear Nose Throat Mon, V42, P25

[10]

Theodore F H, 1967, Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol, V71, P341

← 1 2 →