INCREASED NUMBERS OF MAST-CELLS IN PTERYGIA

Authors
BUTRUS SI ASHRAF MF LABY DM RABINOWITZ AI TABBARA SO HIDAYAT AA
Citation
Si. Butrus et al., INCREASED NUMBERS OF MAST-CELLS IN PTERYGIA, American journal of ophthalmology, 119(2), 1995, pp. 236-237
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
American journal of ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029394
Volume
119
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
236 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9394(1995)119:2<236:INOMIP>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
PURPOSE/METHODS: We examined the mast cells in 12 pterygium specimens of patients who under went primary excisions and the conjunctival spec imens of ten normal age-matched control subjects. RESULTS/CONCLUSION: The mean mast cell count per cubic millimeter was twice as high in the pterygium specimens as in the control specimens. Mast cell proliferat ion and activation may contribute to the pathogenesis of pterygium for mation.