TITLE:
Eye Rubbing as a Possible Cause of Clinical Progressive Keratoconus in a Forme Fruste Keratoconic Family
AUTHORS:
George D. Kymionis, Konstantinos I. Tsoulnaras, Stella V. Blazaki, Michael A. Grentzelos
KEYWORDS:
Eye Rubbing, Family, Forme Fruste, Keratoconus, Topography
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Ophthalmology,
Vol.5 No.1,
February
11,
2015
ABSTRACT: We report a case of a 21-year-old male patient who underwent corneal cross-linking (CXL) due to bilateral progressive keratoconus. Topographical screening of his family members was performed for the detection of possible familial keratoconus and showed abnormal topographical patterns resembling to Forme Fruste Keratoconus (FFK) in all the members of his family. The reported keratoconic patient that underwent CXL was the only individual of this family that referred eye rubbing in his personal ocular history; ocular and medical history of the other family members was clear. Eye rubbing could be a possible adjuvant risk factor that contributes to conversion of FFK to clinical progressive keratoconus.