purpose: to present 2 cases of acanthamoeba keratitis diagnosed by confocal scanning before positive results of smear and culture, and their successful treatment with combined medical therapy and corneal epithelial debridment. patients and findings: confocal scan was carried out in 2 contact lens wearers with a clinical diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis followed by corneal epithelial debridme...

purpose: to report the clinical, confocal scan, and histopathologic features of bilateral nocardia keratitis following photorefractive keratectomy (prk). case report: a 23-year-old girl underwent simultaneous bilateral prk for myopia. on the third postoperative day, dense central infiltrates mainly involving the anterior stroma were noticed in both eyes. clinical and confocal scan features were...

purpose: to investigate confocal scan features of corneal subbasal nerve plexus and epithelial dendritic cells in herpes simplex keratitis (hsk) as compared to acanthamoeba keratitis (ak). methods: confocal scan records of patients with clinical and confocal microscopic features compatible with hsk and ak as well as confocal scan records of normal participants were reviewed. the density and mor...

purpose: to determine the sensitivity and specificity of confocal scan in the diagnosis of fungal and acanthamoeba keratitis based on the results of corneal and/or contact lens case smear and culture. method: confocal scan and corneal and/or contact lens case smear and culture were performed in all patients with a clinical diagnosis of infectious keratitis who were referred to labbafinejad medi...

purpose: to report the confocal scan features in a case with clinical diagnosis of meesmann corneal dystrophy (mcd). case report: a 17-year-old female with recurrent episodes of corneal erosion and a clinical diagnosis of mcd underwent in vivo confocal scanning of both corneas. the confocal scan features included hyporeflective round-shaped areas measuring 6.8 to 41.4 mm within the superficial ...

purpose: to report confocal scan features of keratic precipitates (kps) in fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis (fhic). methods: in this descriptive study, corneal confocal scan was performed to characterize kps in patients with fhic referred to labbafinejad medical center from november 2005 to march 2007. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for herpes simplex virus, herpes zoster virus, toxoplasma g...

purpose: to characterize the histopathologic, electron microscopic and confocal scan features of ahram mineral water (amw)-induced keratopathy in cadaver corneas. methods: seven cadaver globes were examined, five of which were exposed to amw from the corneal side for different durations (30 seconds, 3, 15, 30, and 60 minutes) and the other two were considered as controls. after performing confo...

purpose: to report the clinical, histopathologic, microbiologic and confocal microscopic features of candida keratitis after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk). patients and findings: the first patient presented with asymptomatic white to cream-colored interface deposits two months after dalk. confocal scan disclosed clusters of hyper-reflective fine granular deposits in the interface w...

purpose: to report 3 cases of nocardia keratitis following photorefractive keratectomy (prk). report of outbreak: four eyes of 3 patients (2 female and one male) who had undergone prk by a single surgeon at a single center developed nocardia keartitis 3 to 6 weeks postoperatively. mean age was 25 (range 23-28) years and mean onset of corneal manifestations was 29 (range 21-40) days after prk. c...