Case of progressive hyperopia due to flattening of cornea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report a case that had a progressive decrease in the visual acuity caused by a progressive increase in the hyperopia due to a flattening of the cornea.

Observations

A 50-year-old woman complained of decreased vision in both eyes. Her decimal best-corrected visual acuity was 1.2 in the right and 0.5 in the left eyes, and the refractive error (spherical equivalent) was +3.75 diopters (D) for the right eye and +6.5 D for the left eye. Slit-lamp examinations showed clear corneas but Descemet's folds and fine pigmentations and opacities were present beneath the corneal epithelium in both eyes. Analysis of the corneal shape by anterior segment optical coherence tomography showed that the corneas were flattened, and the corneal refractive power was decreased in both eyes

SUBMITTER: Hirai H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5956658 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature