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Past Issue Volume 8, Number 4, August 2006
Keratic Precipitates in Bilateral Vernal Corneal Ulcer

Arun K Jain, Jaspreet Sukhija, Ira Chopra
Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis is a bilateral recurrent inflammatory disorder of the conjunctiva and the cornea. Vernal keratoconjunctivitis has the potential to produce serious vision-threatening complications and severe cases present with shield ulcers. Keratic precipitates have never been reported in vernal keratoconjunctivitis. This report is of a patient with vernal keratoconjunctivitis and bilateral shield ulcers with keratic precipitates.

Key words:
Conjunctiva, Conjunctivitis, allergic, Cornea

Asian J Ophthalmol
2006;8:159-60.

 
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