Sadia Sethi, Mohammad Junaid Sethi.
Clinical presentation of vernal keratoconjunctivitis.
J Med Sci Jan ;19(1):46-8.

Objective: To identify the various clinical manifestations of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). Material and Methods: This is a descriptive hospital based study done on patients attending Eye outpatient department, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from January 2007 to Decmber 2009 presenting with signs and symptoms of vernal keratoconjunctivitis. Patients who were difficult to be examined on slit lamp were excluded from the study. The diagnosis was made basically on history and clinical examination. Results: A total of 200 patients were examined, 118 (59%) patients were in first decade of life, 180 (90%) patients were male. Twenty Four (12%) had family history of atopy. One hundred & sixteen (58%) had palpebral VKC followed by 80 (40%) suffering from mixed VKC, 4 (2%) had limbal VKC. The symptoms and signs were present all around the year in 156 (78%) of the patients with increase in severity in summers. Conclusion: Palpebral type of VKC is the most common type. In majority of the patients symptoms are present throughout the year with exacerbation in summers.

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