Khodadoust line

A Khodadoust Line or chronic focal transplant reaction is a medical sign that indicates a complication of corneal graft surgery on the eye.^[1] This medical condition is similar to organ rejection after an organ transplant, except that it involves immunological rejection of a transplanted cornea rather than an internal organ.

A Khodadoust line is made up of mononuclear cells (white blood cells). These cells appear at the vascularized edge of the recently transplanted cornea. If untreated, the line of white blood cells will move across and damage the endothelial cells of the cornea over the space of several days.

Treatment

Prompt treatment by immunosuppression can prevent further damage.^[2]

References

1. ^ Corneal Graft Rejection on eMedicine
2. ^ "Atlas of Ophthalmology". Atlasophthalmology.com. http://www.atlasophthalmology.com/atlas/photo.jsf;?node=6888&locale=en. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 

External links

• http://www.redatlas.org/fr_index.htm?/RAPages/A/A077.htm
• Ficker LA, Kirkness CM, Steele AD, Rice NS, Gilvarry AM (1990). "Intraocular surgery following penetrating keratoplasty: the risks and advantages". Eye 4 (5): 693–7. PMID 2282943. 
• Khodadoust AA, Karnama Y, Stoessel KM, Puklin JE (November 1986). "Pars planitis and autoimmune endotheliopathy". American Journal of Ophthalmology 102 (5): 633–9. PMID 3777084. 
• Khodadoust AA, Silverstein AM (February 1976). "Induction of corneal graft rejection by passive cell transfer". Investigative Ophthalmology 15 (2): 89–95. PMID 1357. http://www.iovs.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=1357.