The Ocular Surface ( IF 5.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-28 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2020.03.006 Giulio Ferrari 1 , Paolo Rama 1
Purpose
To review the literature on the etiopathogenesis of keratoconus (KC).
Methods
A literature search was conducted using PUBMED and Google Scholar for keratoconus. The authors analyzed epidemiology studies, reviews, and case reports.
Results
Atopy and ocular surface inflammation are a common features of KC and should lead to a reconsideration of the traditional definition of KC as a “non inflammatory” condition. Co-morbidities suggest that KC may be the ocular manifestation of a systemic disease. Finally, KC shows higher prevalence in certain ethnicities, which calls into question the status of KC as a rare disease, at least in these communities.
Conclusion
We believe that future studies should test whether selected, high prevalence populations exhibit specific genetic background and/or ethno-specific environmental risk factors.
中文翻译:
圆锥角膜之谜:侧重于发病机理的综述。
目的
回顾有关圆锥角膜病(KC)病因的文献。
方法
使用PUBMED和Google Scholar对圆锥角膜进行了文献检索。作者分析了流行病学研究,评论和病例报告。
结果
特应性疾病和眼表炎症是KC的常见特征,应导致人们重新考虑将KC定义为“非炎症性”疾病。合并症提示,KC可能是全身性疾病的眼部表现。最后,KC在某些种族中显示较高的患病率,这使人们怀疑KC作为罕见病的状况,至少在这些社区中如此。
结论
我们认为,未来的研究应测试选定的高流行人群是否表现出特定的遗传背景和/或特定于种族的环境危险因素。