Further, corneal neovascularization can contribute to vascular leakage that can result in corneal lipid keratopathy, intrastromal inflammation, corneal scarring and possible corneal thinning.

The 2003 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) was held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 4-9, 2003. There were 5246 presentations -- over 1000 more than ...

The avascular nature of the cornea is necessary for optical clarity and optimal vision.Corneal neovascularization (NV) is a pathologic reaction that can be lethal to eyesight and is caused by many ...

Once a corneal scar develops, ... Those results indicate that potential detrimental effects of corneal neovascularization were not induced by MMP14 expression in our model, ...

Giant papillary hypertrophy of superior tarsal conjunctiva, bulbar conjunctival injection, conjunctival scarring, watery and mucoid discharge, limbal Trantas dots, limbal "papillae," corneal ...

LSCD is characterized by "conjunctivalization" of the corneal surface and diminished integrity of the corneal epithelium. Neovascularization, inflammation, scarring, and opacity may occur, leading ...

Corneal disease causes nearly 10 percent of blindness cases worldwide, and the condition is typically treated with donor corneas. Corneal disease causes nearly 10 percent of blindness cases ...

These blood vessels also grow with a scaffolding of scar tissue, and when this scar tissue grows into the vitreous, ... In the front of the eye, neovascularization can affect the iris and the angle.