TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe late-onset recurrent epithelial erosion with diffuse lamellar keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis
AU - Asano-Kato, Naoko
AU - Toda, Ikuko
AU - Tsubota, Kazuo
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - A 39-year-old woman had laser in situ keratomileusis that was complicated by intraoperative epithelial erosion in both eyes. Seven months after surgery, the patient returned, complaining of pain and blurred vision in the left eye. Slitlamp examination revealed corneal epithelial erosion with severe diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK). Reepithelialization was complete in several days. However, severe inflammation remained until systemic steroids were administered. Recurrent erosions can lead to a serious inflammatory reaction such as DLK because of the presence of the flap-stroma interface.
AB - A 39-year-old woman had laser in situ keratomileusis that was complicated by intraoperative epithelial erosion in both eyes. Seven months after surgery, the patient returned, complaining of pain and blurred vision in the left eye. Slitlamp examination revealed corneal epithelial erosion with severe diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK). Reepithelialization was complete in several days. However, severe inflammation remained until systemic steroids were administered. Recurrent erosions can lead to a serious inflammatory reaction such as DLK because of the presence of the flap-stroma interface.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00228-1
DO - 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00228-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 14604729
AN - SCOPUS:0242490724
SN - 0886-3350
VL - 29
SP - 2019
EP - 2021
JO - Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
JF - Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
IS - 10
ER -