AIM To evaluate the clinical findings of toxic keratopathy associated with abuse of topical anesthetics and the treatment efficacy of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT). METHODS Fifteen eyes of 10 patients with abuse of topical anesthetics were included in this study. The data collected included patients' demographic information, initial best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), clinical find...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of 20% autologous serum as a treatment for neurotrophic keratopathy. MATERIAL AND METHODS A longitudinal, observational and descriptive study was performed on 19 patients (22 eyes) with neurotrophic keratopathy in different stages of Mackie's classification. The following variables were evaluated on the first visit, and then 4 months later: best correct...

PURPOSE To perform a prevalence study of Punctate Keratopathy of West Indians in Colombian individuals and to propose a new name for the condition. METHODS Prospective, population-based epidemiological study. All patients evaluated between November 1 and December 31, 2012, in the Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis and Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander (FOSCAL), Floridablanca, Colombia, w...

Neurotropic keratopathy is one of the major refractory corneal disorders, which was first recognized in 1824. This category of diseases is caused by damage to the trigeminal nerve and the consequent loss of corneal sensation. It leads to various types of corneal disorder, including superficial keratopathy, persistent epithelial defects and corneal ulcers. In the present article, we review the p...

Bullous Keratopathy is the presence of corneal epithelial bullae, resulting from corneal endothelial disease. Bullous Keratopathy is caused by oedema of the cornea, resulting from failure of the corneal endothelium to maintain the normally dehydrated state of the cornea. Most frequently, it is due to Fuchs corneal endothelial dystrophy or corneal endothelial trauma. Fuchs dystrophy is a genetic...

Twenty-two patients with lipid keratopathy were treated with argon laser photocoagulation to the feeder vessels. Two were grafted just over a week after treatment and the corneal discs examined histologically. The remainder of the patients were followed up for a least a year. In 6 cases the visual acuity improved, in 3 deteriorated, and in 10 did not change. The density and extent of the lipid ...

Band keratopathy is a degenerative condi­ tion of the superficial cornea characterized by the deposition of calcium salts in its ex­ posed interpalpebral portion. The pathogenesis of the lesion is not clear, although multi­ ple etiologic factors have been determined. The association of band keratopathy with abnormalities of calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D metabolism, and with chronic intraoc...

OBJECTIVE To document the clinical and morphologic corneal findings in the early stages of congenital aniridic keratopathy in Swedish families. DESIGN Prospective, observational, comparative case series. PARTICIPANTS A total of 16 eyes of 16 subjects with congenital aniridic keratopathy and a clear central cornea, and 6 eyes from 6 healthy controls (unaffected relatives). Nine of the 16 eye...