Band keratopathy

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Band keratopathy
Classification and external resources
Band Keratopathy in a left eye.
ICD-10	H 18.4
ICD-9	371.43
DiseasesDB	31296
eMedicine	oph/105

Band keratopathy is a corneal disease derived from the appearance of calcium on the central cornea. This is an example of metastatic calcification, which by definition, occurs in the presence of hypercalcemia. ^[1]^[2]

Causes

Causes can include trauma such as surgery.

Some eye drops can also cause band keratopathy, especially PV Carpine (aka Pilocarpine).

Hypercalcemia develops in patients with renal failure, sarcoidosis, hyperparathyroidism and certain malignancies.

Symptoms

Symptoms include pain and decreased visual acuity.

Treatments

The calcium can be scraped off the cornea or removed with a laser. This can restore sight, but it can take a number of months for normal vision to return as the cornea will be damaged during the operation. This cannot be repeated too many times as it would make the cornea thinner and thinner.

References

External links

Picture at Columbia University

Eye disease – pathology of the eye (H00–H59, 360–379)

Adnexa

Eyelid	inflammation Stye Chalazion Blepharitis Entropion Ectropion Lagophthalmos Blepharochalasis Ptosis Blepharophimosis Xanthelasma eyelash Trichiasis Madarosis

Lacrimal apparatus	Dacryoadenitis Epiphora Dacryocystitis Xerophthalmia

Orbit	Exophthalmos Enophthalmos Orbital cellulitis Orbital lymphoma Periorbital cellulitis

Conjunctiva	Conjunctivitis Allergic conjunctivitis Pterygium Pinguecula Subconjunctival hemorrhage

Globe

Fibrous tunic

Sclera	Scleritis Episcleritis

Cornea	Keratitis Herpetic keratitis Acanthamoeba keratitis Fungal keratitis Corneal ulcer Photokeratitis Thygeson's superficial punctate keratopathy Corneal dystrophy Fuchs' Meesmann Keratoconus Pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) Keratoglobus Keratoconjunctivitis sicca Keratoconjunctivitis Corneal neovascularization Kayser-Fleischer ring Arcus senilis Band keratopathy

Vascular tunic

Iris and ciliary body	Uveitis Intermediate uveitis Hyphema Rubeosis iridis Persistent pupillary membrane Iridodialysis Synechia

Choroid	Choroideremia Choroiditis Chorioretinitis

Lens

Retina

Other

Pathways

Optic nerve and
optic disc

Ocular muscles,
binocular movement,
accommodation

Paralytic strabismus	Ophthalmoparesis Progressive external ophthalmoplegia Palsy III IV VI Kearns-Sayre syndrome

Other strabismus	Esotropia/Exotropia Hypertropia Heterophoria Esophoria Exophoria Cyclotropia Brown's syndrome Duane syndrome

Other binocular	Conjugate gaze palsy Convergence insufficiency Internuclear ophthalmoplegia One and a half syndrome

Refraction

Visual disturbances
and blindness

Pupil

Other

Nystagmus

Eye infections

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proc, drug (S1A/1E/1F/1L)

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