Plasminogen Deficiency and Ligneous Conjunctivitis
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We present a case of an 18-year-old patient without a family history of ocular disease, born full term without complications, within his first 2 days a mass in the tarsal conjunctiva appeared. Initially he received topical treatment and follow-up by the ophthalmology department with a diagnosis of persistent bilateral conjunctivitis, relapsing tarsal masses and cataracts in both eyes requiring a total of 7 surgical interventions with a poor response. At the age of 6 months he was diagnosed with hydrocephalus and required a ventricular-peritoneal shunt. Given the persistence of the symptoms, further studies were made and a medical board made the diagnosis of ligneous conjunctivitis associated to low levels of plasminogen. The diagnosis was confirmed by decreased levels of plasminogen in serum measured three times with 2 months intervals:
¿16.9%, 11.1%, 18.6% (reference values 70-150%). Low molecular weight heparin was ordered before surgical procedures, and topical triamcinolone applied according to ocular symptoms.
Plasminogen; plasminogen deficiency; ligneous conjunctivitis.Plasminógeno; deficiencia de plasminógeno; fibrina; conjuntivitis leñosa.
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