title: Corneal subepithelial nodular scarring treated with phototherapeutic keratectomy in a child with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the use of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in the treatment of corneal subepithelial nodular scarring in a child with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS), a form of ectodermal dysplasia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case report and review of the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Excimer laser PTK successfully treated the recurrent anterior stromal fibrosis and irregular astigmatism, facilitating visual development. The use of excimer laser PTK prevented the development of dense amblyopia in this child.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case demonstrates an indication for excimer laser PTK in the pediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Scott & White Clinic and Memorial Hospital, Texas A & M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple 76508, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fulcher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berkeley
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008297:Male; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy; D011038:Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014792:Visual Acuity