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Crystalline keratopathy secondary to the use of ciprofloxacin after cataract surgery with confirmation by histopathological study: A case report and review of the literature.

P A García-UribeM Preciado
Published in: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia (2024)
Crystalline keratopathy is a condition in which crystals of various kinds are deposited in the corneal epithelium and/or in the anterior stroma. It may have an infectious, pharmacological cause or, in rarer cases, corneal dystrophies. Certain factors such as a previous epithelial defect, systemic pathology with diabetes mellitus, ocular surgery and previous dry eye can favor the deposition of ciprofloxacin leading to the formation of a keratopathy.
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