Effects of Laser Treatment, Steroid Application, and Diet on Lipid Keratopathy

Amelioration of Experimental Lipid Keratopathy by Photochemically Induced Thrombosis of Feeder Vessels

“…3 In an effort to avoid irritation of the surrounding tissue and induction of additional neovasculature, we investigated a new argon laser irradi¬ ation method for occluding corneal and limbal vasculature. Subsequent¬ ly, these complications caused addi¬ tional corneal neovasculature, which provided conduits for further lipid deposition.2·3 Pretreatment of the rab¬ bit eyes with topical steroids provided only a modest amelioration of the corneal edema and polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration induced by laser treatment.…”