Interstitial keratitis

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• Synonyms

  • Corneal stroma inflammation

• Causes

  • Congenital syphilis
  • Herpes simplex virus
  • Lyme disease
  • River blindness
  • Cogan syndrome
  • Acne rosacea
  • Hutchinson's triad
  • Keratomycosis

• Effects

  • Photophobia
  • Corneal opacity
  • Salmon patch cornea
  • Stromal neovascularization

• Parents

  • Ocular pathology

• Treatments

  • Glucocorticoid

• Description

  • "Non-ulcerative
  • stromal keratitis. New blood vessels grow into the cornea. Serious condition. Cornea is severely scarred . Will need a cornea transplant. Steroids minimize scarring."