RESEARCH ARTICLE
Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking Mushroom Shape Demarcation Line Profile After Limited Bowman’s Membrane Removal by Phototherapeutic Keratectomy
George D Kymionis*, 1, 2, Michael A Grentzelos 1, Nektarios E Klados 1, Niki A Xanthopoulou 1, Theodore A Paraskevopoulos 1, Efstathios T Detorakis1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 17
Last Page: 19
Publisher ID: TOOPHTJ-9-17
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101509010017
Article History:
Received Date: 2/10/2014Revision Received Date: 15/1/2015
Acceptance Date: 20/1/2015
Electronic publication date: 20 /2/2015
Collection year: 2015

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Abstract
Purpose :
To report a corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) mushroom shape demarcation line profile after limited Bowman’s membrane removal by phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK).
Methods :
Case report.
Results :
A twenty-one-year-old male with progressive keratoconus underwent mechanical epithelial debridement (at an 8.5 mm zone) followed by PTK (at a 5.0 mm zone and in a 10 μm depth) and CXL. No intra- or early postoperative complications were found. Evaluation of the corneal stromal demarcation line depth using anterior segment optical coherence tomography revealed a mushroom shape profile.
Conclusion :
It seems that removal of the Bowman’s layer leads to greater depth of the corneal stromal demarcation line.