Filamentary keratitis and stromal neovascularization associated with brain-stem injury.
Three cases of filamentary keratitis were associated with brain-stem injuries. Severe stromal neovascularization developed in two cases. There was corneal sensation in the involved eyes. The first case resolved spontaneously over a 20-month period after stromal neovascularization. Two patients responded rapidly to treatment with soft contact lenses. The vascularization resolved in both cases, but much sooner in the eyes treated with the soft contact lenses.
D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000293:injuries*; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D003315:Cornea / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous