Outcomes of pediatric sterile keratitis posthypotonic collagen cross-linking

Amanjot Kaur; Srikant Kumar Sahu; Prashant Garg; Aravind Roy

doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_24_24

Outcomes of pediatric sterile keratitis posthypotonic collagen cross-linking

Oman J Ophthalmol. 2024 Oct 24;17(3):376-379. doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_24_24. eCollection 2024 Sep-Dec.

Authors

Amanjot Kaur¹, Srikant Kumar Sahu², Prashant Garg³, Aravind Roy¹

Affiliations

¹ Cornea and Anterior Segment, Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
² Cornea and Anterior Segment, Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
³ Cornea and Anterior Segment, Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Abstract

In this case series, we will describe sterile keratitis in the early postoperative period after hypotonic collagen cross-linking (CXL) in two pediatric cases. This is a retrospective case series of two eyes of two children who developed inflammatory keratitis with central corneal haze after uneventful epithelial-off hypotonic CXL. After ensuring microbiological sterility, appropriate treatment with topical steroids and lubricants was started. There was complete resolution of corneal infiltrates with minimal scarring. Both patients regained almost the preoperative best-corrected visual acuity of 20/80 and 20/60, respectively.

Keywords: Cross-linking; hypotonic; keratitis; riboflavin; sterile.

Publication types

Case Reports