In Vivo Confocal Microscopic Findings in the Corneas of Patients with Topical Anesthetic Abuse Keratopathy | Zendy

Sibel Kocabeyoğlu | Zendy; Yakup Çevik | Zendy; Mehmet C. Mocan | Zendy; Murat İrkeç | Zendy

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In Vivo Confocal Microscopic Findings in the Corneas of Patients with Topical Anesthetic Abuse Keratopathy

Author(s) -

Sibel Kocabeyoğlu,

Yakup Çevik,

Mehmet C. Mocan,

Murat İrkeç

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

turkish journal of ophthalmology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654

H-Index - 10

eISSN - 2147-2661

pISSN - 1300-0659

DOI - 10.4274/tjo.82473

Subject(s) - topical anesthetic , in vivo , medicine , ophthalmology , anesthetic , confocal , confocal microscopy , cornea , anesthesia , biology , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , physics

Prolonged use of topical anesthetic agents results in a toxic keratopathy with damage and inflammatory response in all corneal layers.\udThe similarity of the clinical picture with infectious keratitis often leads to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. Consideration of topical\udanesthetic abuse in the differential diagnosis is crucial to prevent serious complications. In this paper, we report the in vivo confocal\udmicroscopic findings of two patients with toxic keratopathy secondary to topical anesthetic abuse. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2015; 45: 37-39

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