IN VIVO CORNEAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY STUDY IN CLIMATIC DROPLET KERATOPATHY

SERRA H M; JUAN O. CROXATTO; CAFARO T A,; F. ESPOSITO,; M. HOLOPAINEN, J.; WALDIR N; FORNIES M; URRETS-ZAVALIA JA

MIAMI

Congreso; ARVO 2010; 2010

The aim of this study was to analyze corneal abnormalities in patients with CDK using in vivo confocal microscopy (CFM). Three male patients with different grades of CDK underwent corneal studies including slit-lamp biomicroscopy, Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometry and CFM.

CFM showed a progression of anterior cornea subepithelial and stromal deposits from early to advanced stages of CDK. Progressive damage of the sub-basal and stromal nerves fibers may lead to changes in corneal sensitivity.