After he had been on cortisone for 3 months there was some lessening of the corneal opacity in both eyes, as could be demonstrated by serial photographs. The blood calcium was normal.

Oshima Y, Shima C, Maeda N, Tano Y. Chandelier retroillumination-assisted torsional oscillation for cataract surgery in patients with severe corneal opacity. J Cataract Refract Surg . 2007;33:2018-22.

Results A total of 154 patients with non trachomatous corneal opacity were examined of whom 39 had bilateral opacities and 115, unilateral. Causes included corneal infection, ...

The indications for pediatric penetrating keratoplasty vary considerably in the literature ( Table 1) [9,10,12,15,16,17,18,19,20,21] and can be classified under three broad categories: congenital ...

Corneal stromal opacities. Our patient was found to have bilateral round and oval-shaped corneal stromal opacities with intervening corneal haze associated with debilitating photophobia, foreign ...

Granular corneal dystrophy (GCD) is characterized by the deposition of small, discrete, sharply demarcated, greyish white opacities in the anterior stroma.

Corneal opacity (clouded corneal appearance) can be corrected by corneal tattooing, giving patients an aesthetically normal look. About Careers Internship MedBlog Contact us English (US) ...

<p>A) Actual image of corneal opacity in mice (arrow). Incidentally, this is the first model of corneal opacity caused by a genetic defect in the field of ophthalmology. </p> <p>B) Determining the ...

In addition to 'Corneal opacity', there may be other similar symptoms or signs that better match your side effect. These have also been listed below for your convenience.

Corneal opacities have previously been reported as being due to the commonly used antimalarial agents — that is, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and amodiaquin. 4–6,28–31 Deposits have not ...

Corneal keratopigmentation (or KTP) ... In fact, it has a long history of use in helping patients who experience disfiguring corneal opacities (or scarring of the cornea).

Corneal opacities in the pediatric population pose a great challenge for corneal specialists due to the difficulties in surgical management in the pre-, intra- or post-operative periods.