Delayed-Onset Transient Light Sensitivity Syndrome after Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking: A Case Series
Medical hypothesis discovery and innovation in ophthalmology,
Vol. 8 No. 3 (2019),
20 September 2019
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Page 250-256
Abstract
In this case series, we report a potentially novel association of corneal collagen crosslinking (CCL) with the development of photophobia symptoms in a series of patients at a tertiary ophthalmology clinic and describe their clinical course. Photosensitivity is a rare and seemingly unpredictable complication of refractive surgery but can present as a disabling, bilateral ocular pain that requires immediate treatment. This complication, termed transient light-sensitivity syndrome (TLSS), can have a substantially delayed presentation after ocular procedures and is associated with inflammation of structures in the anterior chamber that can be imperceptible on slit-lamp examination. Traditionally, exposure to high-energy femtosecond lasers is hypothesized to create stromal gas bubbles powering postoperative inflammatory reactions. TLSS-like symptoms after CCL may be due to a secondary inflammatory response involving activated keratocytes and cytokine release. However, free radical damage from the interaction of riboflavin and ultraviolet in CCL may also drive this inflammatory process.
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