Eye Rubbing as a Possible Cause of Clinical Progressive Keratoconus in a Forme Fruste Keratoconic Family
Read full paper at: www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53971#.VN2sSizQrzE Author(s) George D. Kymionis 1,2 , Konstantinos I. Tsoulnaras 1* , Stella V. Blazaki 1 , Michael A. Grentzelos 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete (VEIC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece . 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA . ABSTRACT We report a case of a 21-year-old male patient who underwent corneal cross-linking (CXL) due to bilateral progressive keratoconus. Topographical screening of his family members was performed for the detection of possible familial keratoconus and showed abnormal topographical patterns resembling to Forme Fruste Keratoconus (FFK) in all the members of his family. The reported keratoconic patient that underwent CXL was the only individual of this family that referred eye rubbing in his per...