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Advanced keratoconus which was unfittable with a corneal, but an RGP non ventilated scleral retained a fluid reservoir without corneal contact. Moderate keratoconus with a corneal erosion...
View ArticleFemale age 15. Congential cataract and ptosis.
The congenital cataract was removed but following post surgical complications, the eye was left with counting fingers only. Approaching her mid teens, she became more appearance conscious and asked if...
View ArticleMale, age 55. Late onset keratoconus diagnosed age 45.
There was a rapid development of a very protrusive globic type corneal profile lead to significant visual loss over a four year period leaving no worthwhile improvement with spectacles. Rigid corneal...
View ArticleFemale, age 50. Acute Stevens Johnson sensitivity to routinely prescribed...
Clinical History Spectacle VA: <6/60 Rigid lens potential VA: 6/24 Fellow eye: nil L/P, wears cosmetic shell. Contact lens history 1981. An impression PMMA scleral lens was issued after recovery...
View ArticleFemale age 55. Exposure Keratitis
This patient suffered an acoustic neuroma at age 52. The tumour was successfully excised, but leaving a residual facial nerve palsy with consequent poor lid closure on the right side. The continuous...
View ArticleFemale age 55. Teenage onset keratoconus
Corneal lens fitting was impossible with such a protrusive profile. A scleral lenses offered an opportunity for a conservative management option irrespective of the highly protrusive corneal...
View ArticleFemale, age 30. Teenage onset keratoconus
A corneal lens had been worn successfully in the early stages after diagnosis, but gave increasing discomfort as it aggravated a proud epithelial nebula, seen here at the apex of the cornea. A corneal...
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