Cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation (COMET) and penetrating keratoplasty in long-standing severe ocular surface injury

Med J Malaysia. 2019 Oct;74(5):433-435.

Abstract

Ocular chemical injury is a true ophthalmic emergency requiring immediate medical intervention. Damages can be devastating and potentially resulting in blindness, corneal perforation and phthisis bulbi. We describe here a successful treatment outcome in a patient who sustained Roper-Hall Grade 4 injury to both eyes. Patient received medical therapy followed by serial ocular surgeries with eventual visual recovery in one eye from counting finger to 6/15 after a decade. In conclusion, after maximum medical therapy, a carefully planned serial surgeries of cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation (COMET) and PK has proven beneficial for this patient with advanced limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Burns, Chemical / complications
  • Burns, Chemical / diagnosis
  • Burns, Chemical / surgery*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Corneal Injuries / diagnosis
  • Corneal Injuries / etiology
  • Corneal Injuries / surgery*
  • Epithelial Cells / cytology
  • Epithelial Cells / transplantation*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Keratoplasty, Penetrating
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouth Mucosa / cytology
  • Mouth Mucosa / transplantation*