title: Bilateral Keratectasia 34 Years after Corneal Transplant.
abstract: We report the clinical findings of a patient with severe bilateral keratectasia 34 years after a penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in both eyes. An otherwise healthy 67-year-old man complained of deterioration of the eyesight in both eyes over the last 6 months. The patient was diagnosed with bilateral keratoconus at the age of 32 years, and he underwent a bilateral PK. At presentation, visual acuity was 20/200 in the right eye and light perception in the left eye. A Pentacam pachymetric map revealed a central pachymetry of 720 mum in the right eye and of 710 mum in the left eye, as well as an average paracentral pachymetry of 436 and 270 mum in the 9-mm zone in the right and the left eye, respectively. Corneal topography revealed bilateral irregular and asymmetric bowing with generalized steepening and high corneal power. We describe a case of bilateral keratectasia 34 years after PK in a patient who was originally diagnosed with bilateral keratoconus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Valldeperas
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Angi
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Mario R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Romano