SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION: What is Wrong with the Cornea and Would a Specialty Lens Help?
Dr. Greiner presented on various forms of corneal disease and their contact lens and medical management. These included the following:
ANTERIOR/STROMAL/POSTERIOR DYSTROPHIES
Anterior Dystrophies
- EBMD
- Recurrent Erosions
- Meesmann Corneal Dystrophy
- Reis-Buckler Corneal Dystrophy
- Theil Behnke
Stromal Dystrophies
- Lattice Dystrophy
- Granular Dystrophy
- Macular Dystrophy
- Schnyder Crystalline Corneal Dystrophy
Posterior Dystrophies
- Fuch’s Endothelial Dystrophy
- Congenital Endothelial Dystrophy
- Posterior Polymorphous Dystrophy
CORNEAL DEGENERATIONS
Salzmann’s Nodular Degeneration
Terrien’s Marginal Degeneration
Vogt Limbal Girdle
CORNEAL ECTASIAS
Keratoconus
Post-Refractive Ectasias
CORNEAL INFECTIONS
Infectious
- Viral
- Bacterial
- Fungal
- Acanthamoeba
Non-Infectious
- Superficial Punctate Keratitis
AUTO IMMUNE RELATED DISORDERS OF THE CORNEA
Stevens-Johnson
Cicatricial Pemphigoid
Marginal Keratitis
Mooren’s Ulcer
CORNEAL TRAUMA
POST CORNEAL SURGERY