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Infectious Crystalline Keratopathy

Overview
Journal Br J Ophthalmol
Specialty Ophthalmology
Date 1988 Aug 1
PMID 3046659
Citations 4
Authors
C B James
P J McDonnell
M G Falcon
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Abstract

We present a patient who developed a crystalline keratopathy after a penetrating keratoplasty. This rare complication can be caused by bacterial infection, and the patient responded to the appropriate antibiotic therapy. The literature is reviewed and possible causes and mechanisms of the crystalline appearance are discussed.

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