INTRODUCTION Neurotrophic keratitis, a degenerative corneal disease caused by trigeminal nerve impairment, has many etiologies and remains very difficult to treat. METHODS Case report of a 23-year-old male with a right corneal ulcer that failed to improve despite broad-spectrum antimicrobials. RESULTS Prior diagnosis of disseminated lymphangiomatosis with a lesion in the right petrous apex ...

INTRODUCTION We report a case of bilateral herpetic keratitis developing after rapid oral corticosteroid tapering in a patient with pemphigus foliaceus, which was followed by unilateral neurotrophic keratitis that was treated with amniotic membrane transplantation. CASE PRESENTATION A 71-year-old Korean man developed bilateral herpetic keratitis one week after rapid tapering of systemic corti...

This report describes a case of a 72-year-old Caucasian woman presenting with a large neurotrophic keratitis with a large persistent epithelial defect, with a longest linear diameter of 7 mm and greatest perpendicular width of 5 mm, affecting epithelium, Bowman membrane, and anterior stroma. Corneal disease was resistant to conventional treatment and classified as stage 2 according to Mackie cl...

PURPOSE To investigate the efficacy of umbilical cord serum eyedrops for the treatment of neurotrophic keratitis. DESIGN Prospective noncomparative case series. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-eight eyes of 28 patients with neurotrophic keratitis who were refractory to conventional treatment. METHODS The patients with neurotrophic keraitis were treated with 20% umbilical cord serum eyedrops 6 to 10 t...