Treatment of chronic posterior blepharitis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (a case report)
Lechenie khronicheskogo zadnego blefarita posle allogennoi transplantatsii gematopoeticheskikh stvolovykh kletok (klinicheskoe nablyudenie)

T.N. Safonova, N.P. Kintyukhina
2020 Vestnik oftal mologii  
After allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), various eye diseases are detected in 30-60% of patients, with chronic graft-versus-host reaction - in 50-90% of patients. Among the complications, the most frequent is damage to the eye surface and eyelids. The article presents a clinical case of successful minimally invasive treatment of chronic posterior blepharitis in a patient who has undergone allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Normalization of the
more » ... w of meibomian gland secretion after the medical procedure was a prerequisite for improving the quantitative and qualitative composition of the lipid layer of the tear film and a factor contributing to a decrease in the amplitude of inflammation, which is reflected in the clinical and functional results.
doi:10.17116/oftalma202013602186 pmid:32366075 fatcat:pcithpgru5bwnjvhrp7j7ilr6m