Keratitis - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice
Keratitis is an ocular emergency and remains one of the major causes of blindness around the world. Main risk factors include corneal trauma, contact lens wear, and breakdown of the corneal …
Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis - University of Iowa
Apr 12, 2003 · Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis Natural History TSPK tends to have a chronic recurrent course with asymptomatic periods during which both corneas are clear interrupted by …
Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis (PUK) - University of Iowa
Aug 23, 2014 · Clinical Course The patient presented to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) with a peripheral corneal ulceration in the right eye in the setting of arthritis and an unclear …
Herpes Simplex Keratitis - University of Iowa
Dec 31, 2012 · HSV keratitis can present with involvement of the corneal epithelium, stroma, or endothelium, with or without associated inflammation of the anterior chamber (Table 1). [1-4] …
Vision Loss After Contact Lens-Related Pseudomonas Keratitis
Jun 24, 2013 · Bacterial keratitis caused by this Gram-negative organism is more fulminant and associated with a worse visual prognosis than that caused by most other common bacterial …
Atlas Entry - Herpes simplex virus (HSV) disciform keratitis
Herpetic disciform keratitis is a primary endotheliitis resulting in both stromal and epithelial edema in a round (disciform) distribution with keratic precipitates underlying the area of edema.
EyeRounds.org: Acanthamoeba Keratitis: 39-year-old contact lens …
Dec 14, 2006 · Differential Diagnoses for Acanthamoeba keratitis: Herpetic keratitis Bacterial keratitis Fungal keratitis Cultures, confocal microscopy, and the aide of a good ocular pathologist are crucial …
Bilateral HSV Keratitis Refractory to Treatment
Aug 29, 2025 · Bilateral HSV Keratitis Refractory to Treatment. Ophthalmology Case Reports and Grand Rounds from the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Atlas Entry - Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) epithelial keratitis
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a Herpes virus responsible for chicken pox and shingles. With corneal epithelial involvement, the virus can cause punctate or dendritic epithelial keratitis. The …
Superior Limbic Keratitis - University of Iowa
Oct 28, 2016 · Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis was likely first noted by Braley and Alexander in 1953 when they described a series of patients with superficial punctate keratitis and filaments [1].