pinguecula: A yellowish thickened lesion on the conjunctiva near the cornea representing a benign degenerative change in the conjunctiva caused by the leakage and deposition of certain blood proteins through the permeable capillaries near the limbus.
| Name | H7_CONJUNCTDEGDEPOT |
|---|---|
| Long name | conjunctival degenerations and deposits |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H111 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H111 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
| Latin name | Degenerationes et deposita conjunctivae |
| All | Female | Male | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of individuals | 336 | 211 | 125 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.13 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 52.44 | 50.97 | 54.93 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.19 | 1.42 | 0.80 |
| All | Female | Male | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 8.93 | 7.11 | 12.00 |
before conjunctival degenerations and deposits
after conjunctival degenerations and deposits
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