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Acute, culture-negative, peripheral catarrhal infiltrates of the cornea can occur in the early postoperative period following LASIK. This complication typically occurs in patients with chronic blepharitis and meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). Bilateral involvement is common if both eyes undergo operation on the same day. In this case, multiple whitish stromal infiltrates occurred in both eyes the first day after LASIK. The patient also had acne rosacea and hypercholesterolemia, which are significant risk factors.
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Ambrósio, R., Ramos, I., Correia, F.F. (2015). Marginal Sterile Corneal Infiltrates. In: Alió, J., Azar, D., Abbouda, A., Aswad, A. (eds) Difficult and Complicated Cases in Refractive Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55238-0_40
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