Ceratocone unilateral associado a constante massagem ocular devido à obstrução da via lacrimal: relato de caso

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Abstract

Relatar um possível caso de ceratocone unilateral em paciente com hábito de coçar o olho, secundário a obstrução da via lacrimal ipsilateral em jovem de 17 anos com queixa de baixa acuidade visual progressiva no olho esquerdo. Apresentava na história constante epífora no olho esquerdo desde o nascimento resultante da obstrução da via lacrimal ipsilateral, refere necessidade de enxugar este olho freqüentemente. Baseado no exame ocular, a paciente foi diagnosticada como tendo ceratocone unilateral no olho esquerdo. Como apresentado por outros trabalhos, o ceratocone parece estar associado ao hábito de coçar os olhos. Esta paciente representa um caso de ceratocone unilateral, no qual existe uma história confirmada de enxugar e coçar o olho por obstrução da via lacrimal no olho ipsilateral, sugerindo possível relação entre o ceratocone e o ato de coçar o olho.

Translated abstract

To describe a possible case of unilateral keratoconus in a patient with continual eye rubbing due to an ipsilateral nasolacrimal obstruction in a 17-year-old woman complaint of progressing low visual acuity in the left eye. Presented with constant epiphora in the left eye throughout her life as a result of ipsilateral nasolacrimal obstruction, which required frequent wiping of this eye. Based on ocular examination, the patient was diagnosed as having unilateral keratoconus in the left eye. As in other studies, keratoconus is thought to be associated with persistent eye rubbing. This patient represents a case of unilateral keratoconus, where there is a confirmed history of habitual eye rubbing due to ipsilateral nasolacrimal obstruction, thereby suggesting a possible causal relationship between eye rubbing and keratoconus.

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Atopy and keratoconus: a multivariate analysis.

A Bawazeer, W G Hodge, B Lorimer (2000)

The primary goal of this study was to determine if atopy is a risk factor for keratoconus. Other potential risk factors were also studied and included age, sex, race, eye rubbing, mitral valve prolapse, handedness, collagen vascular disease, ocular trauma, pigmentary retinopathy, Marfan's syndrome, Down's syndrome, and a history of contact lens wear. A case-control study was designed (n=120) with incident cases assembled from the years 1985-99. Controls were chosen from the same person-time experience as cases and were picked from a source population with multiple outcomes ensuring that none was knowingly related to any of the potential exposures being studied. Atopy was defined based on the UK working group 1994 definition (at least 4/6 criteria = complete, 3/6 criteria = incomplete, and at least 1/6 criteria = partial). Keratoconus was defined based on clinical criteria and previously published I-S values. Multiple logistic regression was used in the analysis to obtain the odds ratios as the measure of association. In the univariate associations, there was an association between keratoconus and atopy as well as eye rubbing and family history of keratoconus. However, in the multivariate analysis, only eye rubbing was still a significant predictor of keratoconus (odds ratio = 6.31 p = 0.001). This study supports the hypothesis that the most significant cause of keratoconus is eye rubbing. Atopy may contribute to keratoconus but most probably via eye rubbing associated with the itch of atopy. No other variable measured was significantly associated with the aetiology of keratoconus.