Diffuse interface keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK): a nonspecific syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To characterize the presentation of diffuse interface keratitis after laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK).


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
Diffuse interface keratitis occurred in the left eye of a postoperative LASIK patient after central epithelial debridement without exposure of the flap margin or elevation of the flap.


CONCLUSIONS
Diffuse interface keratitis is a nonspecific presentation of corneal inflammation after LASIK, with accumulation of inflammatory cells in the potential space of the interface. Diffuse interface keratitis after LASIK may have multiple causes.
Steinert
R F
RF
Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
McColgin
A Z
AZ
White
A
A
Horsburgh
G M
GM
D000328:Adult; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000601:surgery*; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity