title: Diffuse interface keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK): a nonspecific syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Steinert
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: McColgin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Horsburgh
mesh_terms: 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