Table 1. Characteristics of patients with refractory VKC before treatment with topical 0.005% tacrolimus eye drop and their final visual acuity after the treatment.
Case no. | Gender/age (years) | VKC duration (years) |
BSCVA |
Follow-up (months) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before R-L | Final R-L | ||||
1 | M/23 | 15 | 20/30–20/30 | 20/25–20/25 | 15 |
2 | F/24 | 17 | 20/30–20/30 | 20/30–20/30 | 14 |
3 | M/16 | 7 | 20/25–20/25 | 20/25–20/25 | 13 |
4 | M/26 | 15 | 20/200–20/100 | 20/70–20/50 | 10 |
5 | M/38 | 25 | 20/50–20/40 | 20/30–20/30 | 10 |
6 | M/11 | 7 | 20/25–20/30 | 20/25–20/30 | 11 |
7 | M/19 | 8 | 20/25–20/30 | 20/25–20/30 | 10 |
8 | M/18 | 8 | 20/30–20/30 | 20/25–20/20 | 9 |
9 | M/22 | 9 | 20/20–20/20 | 20/20–20/20 | 9 |
10 | M/16 | 10 | 20/25–20/25 | 20/25–20/25 | 6 |
Abbreviations: BSCVA, best spectacle-corrected visual acuity; L, left; R, right; VKC, vernal keratoconjunctivitis.