Cicatricial keratoconjunctivitis is a group of diseases that induces six different types of ocular disorders: dry eye; eyelid blinking disturbances; destruction of limbal stem cells; destruction of basement membrane; inflammation; and neuroanatomic disintegration. These disorders cause corneal epithelial instability, neovascularization and chronic inflammation which result in loss of corneal transparency and decreased visual acuity. The author describes the six types of disorders and reviews the latest therapeutic approaches for each of them.
Keratoconjunctivitis, cicatricial; Ocular surface