Photorefractive keratectomy for myopia in the setting of adenoviral subepithelial infiltrates.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
To report a patient with persistent subepithelial corneal opacities 18 months after adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis who underwent photorefractive keratectomy for the correction of myopia. Case report, review of medical literature, and slit-lamp photography. The patient underwent photorefractive keratectomy in each eye, 1 week apart, with ablation of central corneal opacities and resultant best-corrected visual acuity of BE, 20/20. Symptomatic subepithelial stromal infiltrates recurred in the peripheral but not the central cornea of each eye 3 months after laser treatment. Photorefractive keratectomy was successful in the correction of myopia and prevented the recurrence of adenoviral subepithelial corneal infiltrates within the laser-treated central cornea.
Medical subject headings
- Adenovirus Infections, Human
- Adenoviruses, Human
- Cornea
- Eye Infections, Viral
- Keratoconjunctivitis
- Myopia
- Photorefractive Keratectomy