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CASE REPORT
Punctate keratopathy of West Indians in patients undergoing photorefractive surgery
  1. Virgilio Galvis1,2,
  2. Alejandro Tello1,2,
  3. Mario L Revelo1,
  4. David Paredes1,
  5. Luis Carlos Jaramillo2,3
  1. 1Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia
  2. 2Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
  3. 3Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander (FOSCAL), Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Alejandro Tello, alejandrotello{at}gmail.com

Summary

We present two cases of patients with corneal lesions compatible with punctate keratopathy of West Indians who underwent photorefractive keratectomy and laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis. Both had good postoperative results. The corneal lesions did not interfere with the refractive surgery.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-008192

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