Deterioration of Avellino corneal dystrophy in a Chinese family after LASIK
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Hong Zhang. Eye Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Key Laboratory of Basic and Clinical Research of Heilongjiang Province, No.23 You Zheng Street, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China. zhanghong@hrbmu.edu.cn

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.U20A20363; No.81970776); the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province, China (No.LH2020H039).

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    AIM: To reveal the importance of TGFBI gene screening for candidates with a family history of corneal disease or granular opacities in corneal stroma before refractive surgery. METHODS: A 37-year-old male (proband) underwent bilateral laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in 2002, with right vision decreased significantly in 2006. The proband and other 32 members of the family underwent a detailed ophthalmic examination, including vision acuity, intraocular pressure, slit-lamp photograph, fundus examination, optical coherence tomography (OCT) of cornea, and in vivo confocal microscope (IVCM) and peripheral blood was used for genomic DNA extraction. Seventeen TGFBI gene exons were analyzed via polymerase chain reaction amplification and direct sequencing. RESULTS: Slit-lamp, IVCM, and OCT images showed that a large amount of dense and confluent granular opaque were seen at the interfaces of the flap and remnant stromal bed in right and light degree in left eye. Sanger sequencing showed that there was a 371G>A mutation (CGC>CAC) in exon 4, which indicated that he harbored a heterozygote R124H mutation, identifying the diagnosis of Avellino corneal dystrophy (ACD). Among the other 32 family members, 6 of them harbored the identical mutation to that in the proband. CONCLUSION: ACD will worsen and recur after LASIK. Preoperative gene-screening for TGFBI mutations is important in diagnosing ACD.

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Xue Jiang, Hong Zhang. Deterioration of Avellino corneal dystrophy in a Chinese family after LASIK. Int J Ophthalmol, 2021,14(6):795-799

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  • Received:December 28,2020
  • Revised:March 05,2021
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  • Online: April 23,2021
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