Eye Rubbing and Transient Corneal Ectasia Detected by Topography in a Pediatric Patient

We report on a 13-year-old girl undergoing changes in the refraction of her OS associated with eye rubbing. Corneal topography showed a corneal deformation in OS, classified as stage 1 keratoconus according to the Krumeich classification. A significant reduction in eye rubbing led to a normal cornea...

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Published inCornea Vol. 40; no. 2; p. 251
Main Authors Scotto, Riccardo, Vagge, Aldo, Traverso, Carlo E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.2021
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Summary:We report on a 13-year-old girl undergoing changes in the refraction of her OS associated with eye rubbing. Corneal topography showed a corneal deformation in OS, classified as stage 1 keratoconus according to the Krumeich classification. A significant reduction in eye rubbing led to a normal corneal shape at the 1-year follow-up. Transient and fully reversible corneal ectasia can be caused by eye rubbing in pediatric age. This may have implications when counseling very young patients with eye rubbing.
ISSN:1536-4798
DOI:10.1097/ICO.0000000000002497