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GAS KERATITIS
Author(s) -
Fairclough W. A.
Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1937.tb02760.x
Subject(s) - medicine , photophobia , cornea , scars , conjunctiva , ophthalmology , calcification , keratitis , dermatology , surgery , pathology
Summary of Essentials 1. Exposure to mustard gas is probably followed by prolonged treatment. 2. There is not necessarily, but there may be a period amounting to years of freedom from symptoms. 3. Photophobia and lachrymation are very constant. 4. The lids are not necessarily affected. 5. In the conjunctiva some congestion is common; scarring is occasional. 6.In the cornea shallow or deep ulcers occur; these are slow to heal and recur. The cornea has irregular scars and facets, calcification streaks and diminished sensibility.