[Concerns on the diagnosis and treatment of corneal epitheliopathy]

Corneal epitheliopathy is a commonly seen disease in the clinical work. However, due to its complicated causes, there remain misdiagnosis and mistreatment, which would aggravate epithelial keratopathy and induce corneal scars, eventually leading to irreversible visual impairment. In this article, the primary and secondary causes of corneal epithelial lesions are described in detail. The classification, diagnosis and treatment principles of the disease are also presented to arouse more concern about corneal epitheliopathy. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2017, 53: 161-163).