Title | Chalazion therapy:intralesional steroids versus incision and curettage in African black patients |
Abstract Nr. | P008 |
Purpose | To compare two methods of chalazion treatment in African black patients, namely intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection and incision and curettage. |
Methods | Fifty African black patients with chalazions were randomly divided in two groups. The first group (25 patients, 29 chalazions) received intralesional triamcinolone acetonide 5 mg/ml injection; the second group (25 patients, 33 chalazions) was treated by simple incision and curettage. |
Results | Incision and curettage showed a higher success rate (100%) compared to the intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection group (76%). In 44% of cases, two intralesionnal injections were necessary to obtain those results in the first group. Recurrence rate was 17% in the first group and 7% in the second group. During a mean of five months of follow-up, no post-injection ocular complication occurred in the first group while fistula was noted in the second group. |
Conclusion | Intralesional corticosteroid injection and incision and curettage appear to be effective in managing chalazion in black African patients as reported in previous studies in Caucasian and Asian patients. |
Last name | KAIMBO WA KAIMBO |
Initials | D |
Department | Dept of Ophthalmology, University of Kinshasa |
City | Kinshasa, DR Congo |
Last name | Nkidiaka |
Initials | C. |
Department | Dept of Ophthalmology, University of Kinshasa |
City | Kinshasa, DR Congo |
Last name | Missotten |
Initials | L |
Department | Dept of Ophthalmology, UZ |
City | Leuven |