2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
6 Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Part II: Pediatric Ophthalmology
Chapter 20: External Diseases of the Eye
Inflammatory Disease
Ligneous Conjunctivitis
Ligneous conjunctivitis is a rare bilateral chronic disorder characterized by firm (“woody”), yellowish, fibrinous pseudomembranes on the palpebral conjunctiva. It is thought to be secondary to severe deficiency in type I plasminogen and can affect persons of all ages. No single treatment is consistently effective. Surgical removal, amniotic membrane transplantation, fresh frozen plasma, and heparin have been used.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 10 - Glaucoma. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.