Successful treatment of Paecilomyces lilacinus keratitis in a patient with a history of herpes simplex virus keratitis.

Purpose: To report a case of Paecilomyces lilacinus keratitis, initially misdiagnosed as Penicillium sp., in a patient with a long-standing history of herpes simplex virus (HSV) keratitis.

Methods: A retrospective case report.

Limbal stem cell deficiency following topical mitomycin C treatment of conjunctival-corneal intraepithelial neoplasia.

Purpose: To report a case of conjunctival-corneal intraepithelial neoplasia (CCIN) in an elderly African American patient treated with topical mitomycin C and the subsequent complication of limbal stem cell deficiency.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: A 92-year-old African American woman was diagnosed with CCIN in the right eye.

Fungal keratitis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis treated successfully with natamycin.

Purpose: To report a severe case of keratitis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis and its response to treatment with natamycin.

Methods: A 28-year-old farmer suffered a corneal perforation with a piece of wire in the right eye. Two months later, he developed severe infectious keratitis in that eye.

Anterior stromal puncture for recurrent corneal erosion after laser in situ keratomileusis.

A 55-year-old woman had bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). An epithelial defect was observed in the left eye after the flap was cut. Postoperatively, the patient developed recurrent corneal erosion in the left eye related to the traumatic epithelial defect sustained during LASIK.

Bilateral corneal opacities associated with idiopathic multicentric osteolysis.

Purpose: To report unusual bilateral corneal opacity and inferior corneal thinning in a patient with idiopathic multicentric osteolysis.

Methods: A 17-year-old girl with a history of idiopathic multicentric osteolysis was evaluated for corneal opacities.

Results: She was found to have bilateral, linear, posterior corneal opacity and inferior corneal thinning.

Mycobacterium chelonae keratitis associated with soft contact lens wear.

Purpose: To report a case of Mycobacterium chelonae keratitis associated with soft contact lens wear.

Methods: A 17-year-old boy who wore frequent replacement soft contact lenses developed keratitis in the right eye. There was no history of trauma to the right eye.

Peripheral keratitis associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

Purpose: To describe a case of peripheral keratitis in a patient with an acute exacerbation of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML).

Method: Case report and review of the literature.

Results: This is the second reported case of peripheral keratitis in a patient with CMML.

Correction of myopia and astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty with laser in situ keratomileusis.

Purpose: We evaluated whether laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) was a safe and effective treatment for myopia and astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty (PK).

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of medical records of all the patients who underwent LASIK following PK at the University of Minnesota between January 1999 and March 2000.

Results: Seventeen patients (20 eyes) underwent LASIK following PK between January 1999 and March 2000.