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Hard contact lens-induced corneal neovascularization treated by oxygenation
T Nishida1, K Yasumoto, Y Morikawa
1Department of Ophthalmology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Cornea
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 39-year-old man suffered from corneal neovascularization, through to result from hypoxia caused by improper use of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) hard contact lenses. The condition was successfully treated by oxygenation of the corneas under swimming goggles.