Oct 9, 2025 · 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 …

Apr 12, 2003 · Thygeson's Superficial Punctate KeratitisNatural History TSPK tends to have a chronic recurrent course with asymptomatic periods during which both corneas are clear …

Aug 23, 2014 · 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 …

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.

Common feature of fungal keratitis classically include dry-appearing, elevated infiltrates with feathered margins and satellite lesions.

Dec 31, 2012 · 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] …

Oct 28, 2016 · 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 …

Peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) is an autoimmune-mediated corneal infiltration associated with systemic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. It is most commonly associated with …

Feb 27, 2009 · Most often, phlyctenulosis is a corneal sequelae of chronic Staphylococcal blepharitis, a disorder that often presents in the clinic as chronic conjunctivitis or keratitis …

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 …