2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
8 External Disease and Cornea
Chapter 4: Structural and Exogenous Conditions Associated With Ocular Surface Disorders
Highlights
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Exposure keratopathy is common in patients with Parkinson syndrome, who exhibit poor blinking, and in patients after blepharoplasty, who show incomplete blinking.
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Patients with floppy eyelids should be examined for obstructive sleep apnea and keratoconus.
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Recurrent corneal erosion can usually be successfully treated with anterior stromal puncture or epithelial debridement.
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Patching followed by topical lubrication may be considered to reverse stromal thinning associated with dellen.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 10 - Glaucoma. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.