Purpose. To report a case of acute hydrops in a 10-year-old child with advanced keratoconus. Case Presentation. A ten-year-old boy diagnosed as having right eye (RE) infectious keratitis, not responding to antimicrobial therapy, was referred to our hospital. The diagnosis of infectious keratitis was established one month prior to his presentation following an episode of acute corneal whitening,...

PURPOSE To report acute corneal hydrops following suture removal after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in a case of pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD). CASE REPORT A young female underwent PK for corneal scarring in her left eye due to PMD; 8 months later the last sutures were removed. A few days following suture removal, the patient developed acute hydrops in the inferior aspect of the host-...

PURPOSE Relatively little data exist regarding the outcomes of children with primary infantile glaucoma presenting with acute corneal hydrops. The aim of our study was to determine the surgical outcome of children of infantile glaucoma who presented with acute corneal hydrops. METHODS In total, 38 eyes of 31 consecutive children of infantile glaucoma presented with acute corneal hydrops who u...

To cite: Makino S. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014205782 DESCRIPTION A 30-year-old woman with intellectual disability (ID) was referred to our hospital with a 1-week history of ocular pain in her right eye. Slit-lamp examination showed marked oedema of the central corneal stroma due to acute hydrops in the right eye (figure 1A), and a central ...

Acute corneal hydrops is a condition characterized by stromal edema due to leakage of aqueous through a tear in descemet membrane. The patient presents with sudden onset decrease in vision, photophobia, and pain. Corneal thinning and ectasias combined with trivial trauma to the eye mostly by eye rubbing is considered as the underlying cause. With conservative approach self-resolution takes arou...

AIM To investigate the clinical and diagnostic findings of a patient with acute hydrops using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). METHODS The AS-OCT findings of a 43-year-old patient with acute hydrops associated with keratoconus were examined. At the initial examination and during follow-up, evaluation of the anterior segment was performed. RESULTS The patient presented...

This case series describes acute corneal hydrops in three young horses. Due to similarities the clinical appearance and progression of disease with that which is reported humans cats hydrops, traumatic Descemet’s membrane rupture was suspected be underlying aetiology these equine cases. The horses presented severe oedema intrastromal bullae formation anterior bulging contour. Focal posterior ch...