title: Treatment of granular dystrophy with soft contact lenses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To prevent recurrence of granular dystrophy by treatment with soft contact lenses.
  
  
  METHODS
  After penetrating keratoplasty, a soft contact lens was fitted in a 61-year-old woman patient with granular corneal dystrophy. The lens was worn continuously for 53 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No recurrence was observed. However, the other eye, which was operated on first and not treated with a contact lens, showed severe recurrence of the underlying disease, with granular deposits in the stroma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fitting of a soft contact lens should be considered in this disease after penetrating keratoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Sigrid.Roters@uni-koeln.de
authors.forename: Sigrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roters
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Severin
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Konen
authors.forename: Günter K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Krieglstein
mesh_terms: D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D055502:Secondary Prevention