title: The pediatric corneal infiltrate.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To highlight the most important causes of acquired corneal scarring and infiltrates in children. The lack of recognition of these disorders can lead to long-term visual loss in children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There have been few articles on this topic in the recent ophthalmic literature, but all have stressed the need for early diagnosis and treatment of these diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most important causes of corneal scarring or infiltrates in children are keratoconus, phlyctenulosis, and herpes simplex keratitis.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York 10528, USA. pedkera@aol.com
authors: Gerald W
authors: GW
authors: Zaidman