Hard contact lens-induced corneal neovascularization treated by oxygenation.
A 39-year-old man suffered from corneal neovascularization, through to result from hypoxia caused by improper use of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) hard contact lenses. The condition was successfully treated by oxygenation of the corneas under swimming goggles.
Nishida
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T
Department of Ophthalmology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Yasumoto
K
K
Morikawa
Y
Y
Otori
T
T
D000328:Adult; D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003315:Cornea / Q000098:blood supply*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D010100:Oxygen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014792:Visual Acuity
D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D010100:Oxygen