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THE increasing recognition of the importance of contact lenses in the treatment of keratoconus has led to a quite exceptional concentration of these cases in the Contact Lens Department at the Royal Westminster branch of the Moorfields, Westminster and Central Eye Hospital. It is possible that the opportunity to analyse in detail such a large series of keratoconus cases has not previously occur...

CONTEXT Fungal keratitis is a potentially blinding condition that is rarely seen with contact lens wear. OBJECTIVE To describe a nationwide outbreak of fungal keratitis caused by Fusarium species among contact lens wearers in Singapore. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Nationwide, hospital-based case series. All cases of fungal keratitis among contact lens wearers in all ophthalmology departme...

Intractable diplopia has been described in many situations but poor results are the rule with standard treatment modalities. The authors report a case of a woman with long-standing strabismus and diplopia who failed to improve following surgery, prism, and occlusive spectacles or contact lenses. Then, she was submitted to phacoemulsification and opaque intraocular lens implantation, which succe...

introduction: microbial keratitis is an infective process of the cornea with a potentially and serious visual impairments. contact lenses are a major cause of microbial keratitis in the developed countries especially among young people. therefore, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and microbiological characteristic of clk in patients referred to the emergency depart...