Confocal Microscopy in Chronic and Delayed Mustard Gas Keratopathy

Abstract

Corneal thinning, significant loss of keratocytes together with pleomorphic residual keratocytes, thickened midstromal nerve, stromal microdots, amyloid degeneration, and lipid keratopathy were remarkable findings observed in our cases. Although all the corneal layers were affected significantly by mustard gas, the anterior to middle parts of the cornea were more involved than the posterior parts.