Toshino Atsuko, Uno Toshihiko, Ohashi Yuichi, Maeda Naoyuki, Oshika Tetsuro
Department of Ophthalmology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan.
J Cataract Refract Surg. 2005 Jan;31(1):202-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.08.046.
Transient keratectasia developed in association with a marked intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation in a 26-year-old man who had laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopia of -9.0 diopters. The keratectasia subsided promptly after the IOP was normalized by an intravenous administration of mannitol. Keratectasia did not recur. Intraocular pressure elevation can cause keratectasia in a structurally compromised cornea after LASIK.