Keratitis - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice Keratitis is an ocular emergency and remains one of the major causes of blindness around the world Main risk factors include corneal trauma, contact lens wear, and breakdown of the corneal epithelium The diagnosis depends on a careful history, slit-lamp examination, and corneal scraping culture
Thygesons Superficial Punctate Keratitis - University of Iowa Thygeson's Superficial Punctate KeratitisNatural History TSPK tends to have a chronic recurrent course with asymptomatic periods during which both corneas are clear interrupted by episodes of blurred vision and minor eye irritation One remarkable feature is the absence of any accompanying conjunctivitis Keratitis is variable with remissions and exacerbations for several years until it
Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis (PUK) - University of Iowa Clinical Course The patient presented to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) with a peripheral corneal ulceration in the right eye in the setting of arthritis and an unclear history of rheumatologic disease The presentation was most consistent with peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) with corneal melt resulting in prominent corneal thinning The anterior chamber cell and
Superior Limbic Keratitis - University of Iowa Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis was likely first noted by Braley and Alexander in 1953 when they described a series of patients with superficial punctate keratitis and filaments [1]
Herpes Simplex Keratitis - University of Iowa HSV keratitis can present with involvement of the corneal epithelium, stroma, or endothelium, with or without associated inflammation of the anterior chamber (Table 1) [1-4] Pathophysiologic manifestations may be related to the presence of live virus, immunological reactions to viral antigen, or secondary to previous herpetic injury
Corneal Marginal Ulcer - University of Iowa Corneal Marginal Ulcer CLINICAL COURSE In summary, this patient was a 45 year-old male with a sub-acute presentation of redness, irritation, pain, and discharge of the left eye On exam, he had a circumlimbal corneal infiltrate with overlying epithelial breakdown and associated conjunctival injection He was initially started on levofloxacin every 2 hours while awake, erythromycin ointment
Atlas Entry - Herpes simplex virus (HSV) disciform keratitis Herpetic disciform keratitis is a primary endotheliitis resulting in both stromal and epithelial edema in a round (disciform) distribution with keratic precipitates underlying the area of edema
Vision Loss After Contact Lens-Related Pseudomonas Keratitis Bacterial keratitis caused by this Gram-negative organism is more fulminant and associated with a worse visual prognosis than that caused by most other common bacterial pathogens (1-3,7-9) Subjectively, the patient reports the sudden onset and rapid progression of ocular pain, redness, tearing, photophobia, and blurred vision
Atlas Entry - Peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) Peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) is an autoimmune-mediated corneal infiltration associated with systemic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases It is most commonly associated with rheumatoid arthritis, but can also be associated with Wegener's granulomatosis, polyarteritis nodosa, lupus, scleroderma, and other inflammatory diseases