{"title":"Clinical cases of lesions of the cornea by the disease Thygeson","authors":"R.F. Bovkunenko","doi":"10.25276/2312-4911-2023-2-365-368","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In 1950, Thygeson P. first described a series of cases of superficial point keratitis, which is a chronic, recurrent disease and is characterized by small, oval sub-and intraepithelial whitish-gray corneal opacities. The disease is usually bilateral, but can be asymmetric. Opacities tend to be centrally located, which causes a decrease in visual acuity. The disease affects both sexes, but a higher incidence was found in women. Despite multiple studies, the etiology of the disease has not been determined. An autoimmune mechanism of the disease has been suggested. Keywords: Tigason's disease, Tigason's keratitis","PeriodicalId":18609,"journal":{"name":"Modern technologies in ophtalmology","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Modern technologies in ophtalmology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.25276/2312-4911-2023-2-365-368","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In 1950, Thygeson P. first described a series of cases of superficial point keratitis, which is a chronic, recurrent disease and is characterized by small, oval sub-and intraepithelial whitish-gray corneal opacities. The disease is usually bilateral, but can be asymmetric. Opacities tend to be centrally located, which causes a decrease in visual acuity. The disease affects both sexes, but a higher incidence was found in women. Despite multiple studies, the etiology of the disease has not been determined. An autoimmune mechanism of the disease has been suggested. Keywords: Tigason's disease, Tigason's keratitis