eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | keratitis |
| Comorbidity | C0152226|lagophthalmos |
| Sentences | 5 |
| PubMedID- 24661265 | lagophthalmos with punctate epithelial keratitis and subsequent spontaneous recovery occurred during the first postoperative week in six patients (37.5%). |
| PubMedID- 21105377 | The outcomes of keratitis in lagophthalmos occurring due to various causes despite therapeutic measures are generally poor. |
| PubMedID- 24248520 | lagophthalmos may lead to keratitis, corneal abrasion, infection, vascularization, and in extreme cases, ocular perforation, endophthalmitis and loss of the eye. |
| PubMedID- 22901733 | Background: upper eyelid paralysis leads to lagophthalmos with the risk of exposure keratitis, corneal ulceration and blindness. |
| PubMedID- 23034688 | Subsequent lagophthalmos leading to exposure keratitis has been treated with copious lubrication, tarsorrhapy, eyelid weights, chemodenervation to yield protective ptosis, and palpebral spring insertion. |
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