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Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología
versão impressa ISSN 0365-6691
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RUIZ-MARTIN, MM; BOTO-DE-LOS-BUEIS, A e ROMERO-MARTIN, R. Severe bilateral ocular affection caused by vitamin A deficiency. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol [online]. 2005, vol.80, n.11, pp.663-666. ISSN 0365-6691.
Case report: We report a patient with alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis, with associated caloric-protein malnutrition and lipid soluble vitamin deficiencies, along with peripheral ulcerative keratitis in the right eye and necrotizing stromal ulceration with hyphema in the left eye. Discussion: Although uncommon in developed countries, Vitamin A deficiency must be considered when there is a bilateral corneal affection in alcoholic patients or in patients with gastrointestinal, pancreatic or biliary pathology.
Palavras-chave : Caloric-protein malnutrition; Vitamin A deficiency; Bilateral corneal ulcers; Xerophthalmia.