Peripheral Sterile Corneal Ring Infiltrate after Accelerated Cross-linking

Background

Sterile corneal infiltrates have been described a few days to 1 week after Dresden protocol-based corneal cross-linking [1], [2], as well as after accelerated cross-linking for progressive keratoconus [3]. Hereby, we report on a 30-year-old male patient who underwent epithelium-off accelerated cross-linking and developed a circular, 360-degree, peripheral sterile corneal ring infiltrate on the first postoperative day.

Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 27. September 2021

Angenommen: 06. Februar 2022

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
23. März 2022

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