Recurrence of climatic droplet keratopathy. Two case reports

Climatic droplet keratopathy (CDK) is characterized by a band-shaped pattern of subepithelial opacities and golden-yellow spherules. Recurrence of this disease in corneal grafts has not been reported. We report two cases that developed recurrence of this disease in corneal grafts done for CDK, 3 1/2 years following lamellar penetrating keratoplasty and 6 years following penetrating keratoplasty. This illustrates the possibility of this degenerative disease to recur in a few years if aetiological factors are persistently present.