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Case studies in contact lenses Part 1 - Keratoconic patient

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Shreeti Lakhani offers a case report of a keratoconic patient with a persistent contact lens-associated papillary conjunctivitis (CLAPC), who was reliant on his rigid gas-permeable contact lens. Details of a major new competition are also included at the end of the article

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Patient history

His spectacle vision was inadequate and he was originally fitted with corneal rigid gas-permeable (RGP) contact lenses approximately 10 years ago to give him the best correctable vision.

The right eye had significant apical scarring and the visual acuity (VA) was only correctable to 6/24 Snellen. He ceased lens wear in this eye as he found the inferior image quality compared to that seen by the left created more of a binocular vision conflict than a benefit. He was awaiting a corneal graft in the right eye. He needed to continue lens wear in the left eye in spite of his CLAPC, as this was his only useful seeing eye.

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