Allogeneic corneoscleral limbus tissue transplantation for treatment of the necrosis in porphyria eye disease
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Department of Ophthalmology, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, Jiangsu Province, China

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Conflicts of Interest: Yan F, None; Lu Y, None; Yin J, None; Jiang F, None; Huang ZP, None.

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    Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) with ocular complications are rarely reported. To the best of our knowledge, no reports exist on allogeneic corneoscleral limbus tissue transplantation for treatment of these. Amniotic membrane grafting had been performed in their patient suffering from porphyria eye disease, but necrosis developed in the grafts. Nevertheless, in our patient, allogeneic corneoscleral limbus transplantation prevented necrosis from development at corneoscleral limbus. So we considered that the allogeneic corneoscleral limbus transplantation might be an option to repair the necrosis in porphyria eye disease with avoiding sunlight and using artificial tear drops.

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Feng Yan, Yan Lu, Jie Yin, et al. Allogeneic corneoscleral limbus tissue transplantation for treatment of the necrosis in porphyria eye disease. Int J Ophthalmol, 2014,7(4):731-733

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  • Received:August 31,2013
  • Revised:November 25,2013
  • Adopted:November 25,2013
  • Online: August 15,2014
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