Photoactivated chromophore corneal cross-linking (PACK-CXL) for treatment of severe keratitis.

Purpose: To report our experience with photoactivated chromophore corneal cross-linking (PACK-CXL) for treating keratitis patients.

Methods: This retrospective study consists of 27 eyes of 26 patients with infectious keratitis treated with PACK-CXL at the Helsinki University Hospital between 2009 and 2017. Patients were treated with antibiotics/antifungal medications and underwent PACK-CXL procedure due to lack of clinical response or severe corneal melts.

Bilateral Ectasia After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE).

Purpose: To describe a case of bilateral ectasia after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in a patient with early keratoconus.

Methods: Case report.

Results: Bilateral SMILE was performed on a patient even though preoperative topographies showed changes indicating early keratoconus.

Penetrating keratoplasty for corneal amyloidosis in familial amyloidosis, Finnish type.

Purpose: To analyze the outcome of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) to the first eye for corneal amyloidosis in familial amyloidosis, Finnish type (FAF).

Design: Single-center, retrospective, nonrandomized, interventional, noncomparative case series.

Participants: Thirty-one eyes of 31 patients with FAF.

[Keratitis associated with contact lens wear].

Keratitis is a rare complication associated with contact lens wear, always presenting a threat to the patient's vision. In most cases the patients seek medical care for a painful, reddened eye that is watering or produces discharge. In most cases a light-colored lesion staining with fluorescein is seen on the cornea.