Contact lens-related visual loss in the context of microbial keratitis

Abstract

Mehrdad Mohammadpour,1 Seyedeh Simindokht Hosseini,1 Masoud Khorrami-Nejad,1,2 Fatemeh Bazvand1 1Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Optometry, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Abstract: Microbial keratitis is a potentially blinding condition for those who do not receive rapid and proper treatment. The case of a healthy 26-year-old man who has worn extended-wear hydrogel soft contact lenses and developed a unilateral central corneal ulcer with underlying dense stromal infiltrates surrounded by subepithelial and superficial stromal opacity in a reticular pattern along with several complications is reported. Keywords: infectious keratitis, contact lens, emergency penetrating keratoplasty

Keywords

• Infectious keratitis
• Contact lens
• Emergency penetrating keratoplasty