title: Confocal microscopy of central toxic keratopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the confocal microscopic findings in a case of late-onset central toxic keratopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 46-year-old man with central toxic keratopathy 2 months after IntraLASIK underwent confocal microscopy to examine the cellular findings within the flap interface.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The confocal microscopy in central toxic keratopathy reveals activated keratocytes without aggregation of inflammatory cells.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The lack of inflammatory cells in the interface is consistent with the noninflammatory nature of central toxic keratopathy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of confocal microscopy in presumed central toxic keratopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Ivey L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: Gary N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Foulks
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Eiferman
mesh_terms: D001251:Astigmatism / Q000601:surgery; D060527:Corneal Keratocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000601:surgery; D007634:Keratitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D008297:Male; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000473:pathology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology