An unusual corneal complication of soft contact lens.

An unusual complication caused by hydrophilic soft contact lenses developed in 13 patients (ten women and three men, 16 to 39 years old), most of whom had tight eyelids. The lesion consisted of an arc-like opacity in the superior cornea. The opacity lay in the superficial cornea about 1 to 3 mm from the corneoscleral limbus and had fine spokes extending away from the main trunk. In some cases the problem was unilateral and in others bilateral.