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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- Atlas Entry - Acanthamoeba keratitis - University of Iowa
Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare parasitic infection of the cornea that primarily occurs in contact lens wearers The infection may be limited to the epithelium in its early stages, resulting in epithelial dendrites and punctate epitheliopathy Later stromal involvement classically results in a partial or complete paracentral ring infiltrate, radial perineuritis, and pain out of proportion to
- Atlas Entry - Fungal keratitis - University of Iowa
Common feature of fungal keratitis classically include dry-appearing, elevated infiltrates with feathered margins and satellite lesions
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