Use of pressure patching and soft contact lenses in superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis
B. J. Mondino, G. W. Zaidman and S. W. Salamon
Eight patients with superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis (SLK) were
successfully treated with the use of pressure patching and therapeutic soft
contact lenses. In two patients, pressure patching alone was used to
eliminate both the signs and symptoms of SLK. Therapeutic soft contact
lenses were used after pressure patching in the other six patients to
prevent recurrences of SLK. Our results suggest that eliminating the
mechanical effect of the lid on the globe by pressure patching and then
protecting the superior corneal limbus and adjacent bulbar conjunctiva by
soft contact lenses may provide an alternative to silver nitrate
applications in the treatment of SLK.
