PURPOSE To determine corneal sensitivity to selective mechanical, chemical, and thermal (heat and cold) stimulation in patients with a history of herpes simplex virus (HSV) keratitis. METHODS Corneal sensitivity to different modalities of stimulus was determined in both eyes of 16 patients with unilateral HSV keratitis diagnosed 1 to 12 months before the study. On slit lamp examination, 13 HS...

Laser Doppler holography (LDH) is a full-field blood flow imaging technique able to reveal human retinal and choroidal with high temporal resolution. We here report on using LDH in the anterior segment of eye without making changes instrument. Blood bulbar conjunctiva episclera as well corneal neovascularization can be effectively imaged. additionally demonstrate simultaneous holographic poster...

Strachan (i968) described a bilateral corneal dystrophy in a 62-year-old man, characterized by punctate, irregular opacities located mainly in the deepest layers of the cornea. The middle and superficial layers were involved to a lesser extent. The size and density of the lesions were sufficient to produce a distorted view of the fundus and to break up the red reflex. Some of the larger opaciti...

A 25-year-old man visited our hospital showing atopic conjunctivitis and corneal shield ulcer on his left eye. Although eye drops of 0.1% of betamethasone sodium phosphate and 0.1% of hyaluronic acid ophthalmic solution were prescribed, calcific corneal opacities developed. The corrected visual acuity decreased to 6/20 in Snellen chart. After corneal epithelial exfoliation, removal of calcific ...

A baby full term born of LSCS to a otherwise healthy mother was referred for ophthalmology department. On ophthalmological torch light examination, the patient had equal upper and lower lid bilateral ectropion. There missing eye lashes noted. The anterior segment evaluation found be within normal limit without evidence corneal opacities. Lamellar ichthyosis termed as Collodion is infrequent dis...

PURPOSE To report a novel mutation in the TGFBI gene, c.1761_1763del (p.His572del), associated with a unilateral variant of lattice corneal dystrophy (LCD). METHODS A 63-year-old man presenting with the complaint of decreased vision in one eye was noted to have a unilateral lattice corneal dystrophy. Examination of the patient's wife and two sons, ages 20 and 27 years old, failed to reveal th...

Purpose: To study the effect of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in the treatment of various superficial corneal pathologies. Methods: We performed a nonrandomized, prospective study on patients who presented with superficial corneal disease and/or poor vision. Fifty eyes were included; recurrent corneal erosion (RCE): 25 eyes, Salzmann’s nodular degeneration: 9 eyes, spheroidal degeneration:...

PURPOSE To report the clinicopathological findings of a Chinese patient with an unusual phenotype of gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy (GDLD) combined with spheroidal degeneration and to detect molecular defect in the tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 (TACSTD2) gene. METHODS Extensive physical and ophthalmologic examination of the patient was performed. Initially superficial k...