Atlas of Ophthalmology

Geographic Keratitis, Fluorescein

Geographic Keratitis, Fluorescein
When falsely treated with steroids herpetic dendritic lesions become larger and confluent, resulting in a geographic pattern. Staining with fluorescein shows the epithelial defects.
Reinhard, Thomas, Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Freiburg, Germany
H19.11
Cornea -> Keratitis, Keratouveitis (Infectious/Non-Infectious/Neuroparalytic/Parasitic) -> Disciform/Stromal/Interstitial/ Parenchymal Keratitis -> Viral Keratitis -> Herpes Simplex Stromal Keratitis
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