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Annals of African Medicine
Annals of African Medicine Society
ISSN: 1596-3519
Vol. 3, No. 4, 2004, pp. 185-187
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Bioline Code: am04048
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Annals of African Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2004, pp. 185-187
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Pattern of Corneal Opacity in Ibadan, Nigeria
Ashaye, A. O. & Oluleye, T. S.
Abstract
Background:
The prevalence and causes of corneal blindness vary from one region of the world to another. There is even variation within the developing countries of Africa.
Method:
A retrospective review of 675 patients with corneal scarring out of the 3,753 new patients corneal scarring in patients attending the eye clinic of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan over a 5year period.
Results:
Subjects in age groups 0 to 10years and 21 to 30years were mostly affected. Males were more affected with a ratio of 3:1. Most presentations were in the months of January to March and July to September. Almost half (48.99%) of the patients had uniocular blindness and no case of bilateral blindness from corneal opacity was found. The main causes of corneal opacity were trauma (51.1%) and microbial keratitis (26.70%) both of which are avoidable causes of blindness. No case of trachomatous corneal scarring was found in the group studied.
Conclusion:
Keywords
Cornea, opacity, blindness
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