Vm. Borderie et al., THE COMPLICATION OF RETAINED INTRAOCULAR RECIPIENT CORNEAL BUTTON AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY, American journal of ophthalmology, 125(2), 1998, pp. 256-258
PURPOSE: To describe the complication of retained intraocular recipien
t corneal button after penetrating keratoplasty. METHOD: Case report.
A 27- year old man was referred to us because of complications after p
enetrating keratoplasty on the right eye. Slit-lamp examination disclo
sed a clear graft with a second clear corneal button behind, RESULTS:
A second penetrating: keratoplasty was performed successfully on the r
ight eye, Histologic examination showed an intact epithelium and strom
a vascularization of the recipient corneal button, Immunochemistry of
the recipient corneal button and the first donor corneal button was pe
rformed, CONCLUSION: Although the recipient corneal button remained in
side the anterior chamber for 5 months, no epithelial ingrowth occurre
d.