Open AccessPenetrating keratoplasty for the management of a severe idiopathic lipid keratopathy
Author(s) -
Kaisari Eirini
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical research and ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-1414
DOI - 10.17352/2455-1414.000092
Subject(s) - lesion , medicine , ophthalmology , visual acuity , corneal disease , corneal neovascularization , neovascularization , slit lamp , cornea , surgery , angiogenesis
An 83-year-old female presented with progressive bilateral lipid keratopathy (LK) during the last 12 years. There was no history of previous ocular disease or trauma. Slit lamp examination of the left eye revealed a diffuse LK obscuring the visual axis and a temporal epithelial papillomatous lesion with superficial neovascularization (Figure A), while Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) was 20/200 with eccentric fixation. An uneventful Penetrating Keratoplasty (PKP) combined with excision of the temporal lesion was performed.