May 2007
Volume 48, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2007
Thygeson Superficial Punctate Keratitis: An Evaluation With in vivo Confocal Microscopy
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • N. Amar
    Quinze-Vingts Eye Hospital, Paris, France
  • A. Labbe
    Quinze-Vingts Eye Hospital, Paris, France
  • C. Baudouin
    Quinze-Vingts Eye Hospital, Paris, France
  • S. Doan
    Rothschield Ophthalmologic Fondation, Paris, France
  • B. Dupas
    Quinze-Vingts Eye Hospital, Paris, France
  • T. Hoang Xuan
    Rothschield Ophthalmologic Fondation, Paris, France
  • E. Gabison
    Rothschield Ophthalmologic Fondation, Paris, France
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships N. Amar, None; A. Labbe, None; C. Baudouin, None; S. Doan, None; B. Dupas, None; T. Hoang Xuan, None; E. Gabison, None.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2007, Vol.48, 4309. doi:
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      N. Amar, A. Labbe, C. Baudouin, S. Doan, B. Dupas, T. Hoang Xuan, E. Gabison; Thygeson Superficial Punctate Keratitis: An Evaluation With in vivo Confocal Microscopy. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007;48(13):4309.

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Abstract

Purpose:: To analyze corneal changes in patients with superficial punctate keratitis of Thygeson using in vivo confocal microscopy.

Methods:: Twenty four eyes of 12 patients (7 females and 3 males) with Thygeson superficial punctate keratitis were included. Mean age was 30.2 years (ranged from 5 to 68 years). Slit-lamp biomicroscopy and in vivo confocal microscopy with HRT II/ Rostock cornea module were performed.

Results:: In all patients, slit-lamp biomicroscopy of Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis revealed epithelial cell clusters with a round - or oval- shaped grey and granular appearance. Absence of conjunctival or corneal inflammation and/ or scarring was noted in all patients. In vivo confocal microscopy images showed in the superficial epithelium round and/or oval shaped zones of hyper-reflective and abnormal epithelial cells. Deeper in the anterior stroma, round areas of hyper-reflective keratocytes were observed under the epithelial lesions. The corneal nerves seemed unmodified. Abundant dendriform cells were detected in the affected subepithelial area.

Conclusions:: Thygeson superficial keratitis is described as a non inflammatory disease, a condition with transient, typically bilateral, coarse corneal epithelial opacities, without associated stromal involvement. In this study, we observed numerous inflammatory cells in the epithelium associated with hyper-reflective epithelial structures. Additionally, although no corneal scarring is usually described following this form of keratitis, activated keratocytes were constantly detectable in the subepithelial stroma. Thus in vivo confocal microscopy revealed epithelial and stromal changes compatible with an inflammatory involvement.

Keywords: cornea: epithelium • cornea: stroma and keratocytes • microscopy: confocal/tunneling 
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