- Clinical features:
- Symptoms:
- Asymptomatic
- Decreased vision if involved visual axis
- Signs: single or multiple dendrite-like epithelial or subepithelial
lesions
- Can be secondary to:
- Contact lens wear
- Recurrent corneal erosion from anterior basement membrane dystrophy,
stromal dystrophy or previous corneal trauma including healing
corneal abrasion
- Herpetic dendrite scar
- In contact lens related cases, the lesion may disappear during cessation
of contact lens wear.
- Management:
- Observation.
- Lubrication.
- In contact lens related cases, the lesion may disappear during
cessation of contact lens wear.
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