TRACHOMATOUS KERATITIS
- 1 January 1937
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 17 (1) , 18-26
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1937.00850010030002
Abstract
Prior to the advent of the biomicroscope the pannus of trachoma was generally believed to be a frequent but not invariable complication of the disease, occurring usually months or years after the onset. The slit lamp studies of Dusseldorp,1Danilevskij,2Wilson,3Cuénod and Nataf,4Gallemaerts,5Busacca,6Horváth,7Morax,8Morax and Petit,9Howard10and others have indicated that pannus is not a complication of trachoma but an integral part of the disease, appearing in its earliest stages. Of particular interest have been the reports of Cuénod and Nataf from Tunis, Wilson from Egypt, and Busacca from Brazil. Cuénod and Nataf found biomicroscopic signs of pannus in children with pure trachoma at a time when gross examination revealed no changes. Wilson, considering only the vascular changes of pannus, found extension of capillary loops into the cornea invariably in Egyptian trachoma. InKeywords
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