Treatment of granular dystrophy with soft contact lenses.
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.
Roters
Sigrid
S
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Sigrid.Roters@uni-koeln.de
Severin
Maria
M
Konen
Walter
W
Krieglstein
Günter K
GK
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