Transient keratectasia caused by intraocular pressure elevation after laser in situ keratomileusis
Accepted 18 August 2004.
Transient keratectasia developed in association with a marked intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation in a 26-year-old man who had laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopia of −9.0 diopters. The keratectasia subsided promptly after the IOP was normalized by an intravenous administration of mannitol. Keratectasia did not recur. Intraocular pressure elevation can cause keratectasia in a structurally compromised cornea after LASIK.
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Ehime University School of Medicine (Toshino, Uno, Ohashi), Ehime, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School (Maeda), Osaka, and the Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba (Oshika), Ibaraki, Japan
Reprint requests to Tetsuro Oshika, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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