PURPOSE To identify the long term clinical course of amblyopia and strabismus that developed secondary to a monocular corneal opacity following suspected epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) in infancy. METHODS This was a retrospective study analyzing the medical records of seven patients, treated in our clinic, who were followed for more than five years. RESULTS Four patients in our clinic ...

AIMS/BACKGROUND To describe a bilateral, mid peripheral, ring-shaped corneal opacity, not resembling any known corneal degeneration, dystrophy, or other disorder, and occurring without ocular or systemic disease. METHODS Ophthalmic examination, haematological screening, and ultrasound biomicroscopy. RESULTS A 25 year old man showed grey-white, granular opacities in both corneas, with an 8 m...

AIM To assess superficial lamellar keratectomy augmented by excimer laser smoothening with sodium hyaluronate 0.25%, for the management of superficial corneal opacities. METHODS Consecutive procedure performed in 14 eyes (13 patients) with an automated microkeratome and excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) smoothening using sodium hyaluronate 0.25%. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES UCVA, B...

Reversible corneal exposure cataracts have been observed in many rodents. The postulated mechanism has been one of transcorneal evaporation of water increasing the concentration of the aqueous and osmotically affecting the lens. In this experiment, changes in the colligative properties of hamster aqueous were measured as related to corneal exposure and the development of lens opacity. A rise of...

PURPOSE To report the in vivo laser confocal microscopy findings from a patient with Descemet's membrane and subepithelial opacity OU. CASE REPORT A healthy 41-year-old male with Descemet's membrane and subepithelial opacity OU was studied. Routine ophthalmic examination, standard slit-lamp biomicroscopy, and in vivo laser confocal microscopic analysis of the entire corneal layer were perform...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com haemoprotozoan disorders in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh especially in buffaloes. It is one of the widely prevalent economically important diseases in animals and caused by unicellular flagellated haemoprotozoan Trypanosoma evansi organisms [1]. It spread by mechanical transmission and tabanid flies act as vectors. The disease is general...

A 60-year-old man with bilateral corneal opacity underwent cataract extraction surgery involving the use of a limbal relaxing incision in his left eye. He had lower lid ectropion and lagophthalmos in both eyes. Eleven days after the surgery, a slit-lamp examination revealed a neurotrophic corneal ulcer with a punch-out epithelial defect and rolled edges at the center of the pre-existing corneal...

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:...

BACKGROUND Cases of cataract surgery without penetrating keratoplasty in patients with Peters' anomaly are very rare. We report a case of Peters' anomaly type 2 with tilted lens due to synechia between the lens and iris that was treated with cataract surgery without penetrating keratoplasty. CASE PRESENTATION A 16-year-old girl had Peters' anomaly in both eyes. Corneal opacity was severe in t...