Disappearance of honeycomb opacity of Thiel-Behnke corneal dystrophy after Thygeson superficial punctate keratitis.

Purpose: To present an unusual case in which the honeycomb opacities of Thiel-Behnke corneal dystrophy disappeared during a course of chronic Thygeson superficial punctate keratitis.

Case: A 29-year-old woman with a 5-year history of decreased visual acuity in both eyes had bilateral honeycomb-shaped corneal opacities, located mainly in the superficial central cornea. She was diagnosed as having Thiel-Behnke corneal dystrophy, which we confirmed genetically.

Surgical treatment of limbal vernal keratoconjunctivitis by resection of a limbal lesion.

Purpose: To report our experience managing a limbal mass associated with limbal vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) by surgical excision.

Methods: A 16-year-old girl was referred to our hospital with the chief complaints of itching and photophobia in both eyes. She had a 2-year history of gradually enlarging limbal gelatinous masses on the temporal limbus in both eyes, which were diagnosed as limbal papillae of VKC.