Abstract
Relatamos um caso de endotelite que se expressou inicialmente como uma cerato-neurite em pacientes usuarios de lente de contato gelatinosa e de inadequado uso de solucao salina . Trata-se de uma paciente de 41 anos, branca feminina, que se queixava de intensa dor no olho esquerdo e que ao exame biomicroscopico revelou edema corneano microcistico e ceratoneurite radial. Foram realizadas cultura e biopsia corneana e todos testes foram negativos. O tratamento com excelente resposta terapeutica reduziu o edema da cornea e aliviou a dor ocular consistiu de dexametasona 0,1% topica sob a forma de pomada e acyclovir oral .
Highlights
We decribed a case of endothelitis that began with keratoneuritis in patient who wore soft contact lens
A 41 years old,white female suffered from severe pain in her left eye
Yeung EY;Huang SC;Tsai RJ.Acanthamoeba keratitis presenting as dendritic keratitis in a soft contact lens wearer
Summary
Gisela Garcia[1], Iris de Souza Yamane[2], Yoshifumi Yamane[3]
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