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Corneal Ectasia Following Photorefractive Keratectomy: A Confocal Microscopic Case Report and Literature Review; [Ectasia Corneana Apos Ceratectomia Fotorrefrativa: Relato De Caso De Microscopia Confocal E Revisao Da Literatura] Publisher Pubmed



Alvani A1 ; Hashemi H2 ; Pakravan M3 ; Aghamirsalim MR4
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Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia Published:2023


Abstract

The occurrence of corneal ectasia after pho-torefractive keratectomy is a rare but serious complication of refractive surgery. Possible risk factors are not well assessed, but a probable reason is the failure to detect keratoconus pre-operatively. In this report, we describe a case of corneal ectasia after photorefractive keratectomy in a patient who presented a suspicious tomography pattern preoperatively but had no degenerative alterations associated with pathologic keratoconus, as revealed by in vivo corneal confocal microscopy. We also review eligible case reports of post-photorefractive keratectomy ectasia to find similar characteristics. © (2023), All Rights Reserved.
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