J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1974 Dec;15(4):323-326.
Clinical Observation of the Filamentary Keratitis
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Authors presented the clinical review and evaluated the therapeutic response to 20 eyes of filamentary keratitis observed at the Department of Ophthalmology, St. Mary's Hospital for last 3 years. 1. The filaments disappeared within 2 days in 11 eyes by mechanical debriment with 0.5% C-M eyedrops, tear substitutes and prednisolone eye drops. 2. 4 of 20 eyes showed disappearance of the filaments within 3 days by the subconjunctival tathion injection combined with instillation of tathion eye drops. 3. For one eye which was resistant to the above therapy treated with continuous wearing of the B and L soft contact lens. In this case the filaments reduced in number from one day and completely disappeared after 6 days' wearing of soft contact lens. Patient discontinued the wearing of soft contact lens one week after. No epithelial filaments have appeared after discontinuance in wearing of the soft contact lens one week later.
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