Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis in children
Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus(2023)
摘要
Objective To describe the first paediatric case series of Thygesons’ superficial punctate keratitis (TSPK) with management outcomes. Methods A retrospective chart review was done for all children either diagnosed at initial presentation or referred with TSPK from 01/2012 to 08/2021 at a tertiary children’s hospital. Records were assessed for signs, symptoms, diagnosis, steroid and cyclosporine 0.05% use. The main outcome measures were visual acuity, treatment response and total steroid exposure. Results Fifteen children (7 females), mean age at presentation 8 ± 4 years were included. All had bilateral disease and a BCVA of >20/40 in the better eye. All patients received topical fluorometholone 0.1%, (FML) initially. 80% had a good response to FML. Corneal scraping was done to exclude infectious causes in four cases due to poor initial response or clinical suspicion. All 4 needed EUA for scraping and anterior segment OCT, after which 2 had molecularly confirmed TGFBI-related stromal dystrophy. For the rest, slow steroid taper was done every 4–6 weeks and recurrences were treated by increasing steroid frequency. Cyclosporine 0.05% was started in nine patients (69%), 8 ± 6 months after initial presentation. The decrease in total steroid exposure per week after starting cyclosporine was statistically significant ( p < 0.05). Conclusion Children with TSPK respond quickly to steroids, however, recurrences are common, necessitating a slow taper. Non-response to steroid needs careful reconsideration of the diagnosis and may necessitate the use of an EUA. Using cyclosporine 0.05% reduces the total steroid exposure in TSPK.
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Corneal diseases,Eye abnormalities,Medicine/Public Health,general,Ophthalmology,Laboratory Medicine,Surgery,Surgical Oncology,Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology
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