Corneal opacities in children

Abstract

The corneal opacities in childhood could be either, congenital or acquired. The congenital could either localized/non‐systemic disease, like the congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy, posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy, congenital hereditary stromal dystrophy, peters anomaly, congenital anterior staphyloma, sclerocornea, cornea plana, cornea tumours, epibulbar dermoid, or related to systemic/metabolic Disorders like mucopolysaccharidoses, cystinosis, tyrosinemia, schnyder crystalline dystrophy, fetal alcohol syndrome. The acquired corneal opacities could be either traumatic, like traumatic breaks in descemet membrane, corneal blood staining, corneal keloids, or non traumatic like keratoconus, posterior corneal depression, keratoglobus, congenital or infantile glaucoma, Corneal ulcers, Familial dysautonomia (Riley‐Day syndrome), Stevens‐Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. We will discuss these cases, their clinical picture, work up and management.