A general term used to describe a variety of disorders of the cornea. Actinic keratopathy is a painful condition in which the outer layer of the cornea is damaged by ultraviolet light. Exposure keratopathy is corneal damage due to loss of the protection afforded by the tear film and blink reflex. It may occur in conditions in which the eyelids inadequately cover the cornea, including sever exophtalmos, facial palsy, and ectropion.
Queratopatía bullosa | Queratopatía lipídica | Queratopatía por exposición
Ha sido demostrado que la inhibición del VEGF reduce la neovascularizacion corneal, en iris y coroides. Su aplicación tópica y subconjuctival ha sido utilizada para el tratamiento de la neovascularización de la superficie ocular en el síndrome de Stevens-Johnson, quemaduras químicas de la córnea, enfermedad de injerto contra huésped, queratitis estromal herpética, rechazo de injerto corneal, queratopatía filamentosa y pterygium recurrente.
Context (2):
His vision became impaired approximately 7 weeks following the commencement of nitisinone and ophthalmological examination at week nine showed characteristic dendritic keratopathy associated with tyrosinaemia.
*It can also be translated into Spanish as queratitis, meaning a kind of corneal inflammation.
(2) CASTRO-REBOLLO, M. et al. (2011): «Eficacia de bevacizumab tópico en queratopatía lipoidea bilateral primaria», Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología, vol. 86, n.o 11, 374-376.
(1) ESPASA (1999): Diccionario Espasa de Medicina. Madrid: Espasa Libros.
(1) PAGE, Martyn (2007): The British Medical Association Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 2.a ed., Londres: Dorling Kindersley.
(2) STEWART, R. M. K. et al. (2014): «Reversible Keratopathy Due to Hypertyrosinaemia Following Intermittent Low-Dose Nitisinone in Alkaptonuria: A Case Report», JIMD Reports, vol. 17, 1-6.
