pterygium

The pterygium is stripped carefully off the surface of the eye.

This is placed over the defect remaining from the removed pterygium.

However, no reliable medical treatment exists to reduce or even prevent pterygium progression.

A pterygium commonly grows from the nasal side of the sclera.

If this is all that is done, the pterygium regrows frequently.

Long-term follow up is required as pterygium may recur even after complete surgical correction.

In the eye, a pinguecula is called a pterygium if it invades the cornea.

The pterygium pulls and distorts the cornea as it enlarges.

Pterygium: A thickened conjunctival mass usually on the inner part of the eyeball.

Head (apex of the pterygium, typically raised and highly vascular)

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation, produced by the sun, is associated with damage to the eye, including pterygium and cataracts.

A pterygium reduces the vision in several ways:

Amniotic membrane transplantation is an effective and safe procedure for pterygium removal.

This begins usually when the pterygium is greater than 2mm from the corneal edge (limbus)

It suppresses the regrowth of blood vessels that occur with return of the pterygium.

The treatment requires some local anaesthetic in the eye and is best done at the time of, or on the same day as the pterygium excision.

A pterygium occurs when the conjunctiva, the tissue that lays over the white of the eye, grows into the cornea.

Harvard Eye Associates also offers charity services at home, including free pterygium screenings and health fairs.

Multiple pterygium syndrome is a cutaneous condition inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion.

Popliteal pterygium syndrome, which affects the legs.

A pterygium grows very slowly.

Pterygium (Surfer's Eye) most often refers to a benign growth of the conjunctiva.

The pterygium is composed of several segments:

Other UV-related eye problems are pterygium and pingueculum.

Fuchs' Patches (minute gray blemishes that disperse near the pterygium head)