What Is a Corneal Ulcer? A corneal ulcer is an open sore on your cornea. That's the thin, clear layer over your iris (the colored part of the eye). It’s also known as keratitis. People who ...

This award-winning picture shows a fluorescein-dyed dendritic ulcer caused by a corneal infection in a 36-year-old patient. This picture was a bronze award winner in the 2009 Institute of Medical ...

Dendritic ulcers are caused by the herpes simplex virus and represent the leading indication for corneal transplantation in the United States. Recurrent flaring of the latent corneal infection ...

Corneal lesions were epithelial ... Numerous other epithelial lesions that simulate true dendritic ulcer morphologically have been referred to as ‘pseudodendritic keratitis’ to distinguish ...

Q One of my two French bulldogs has been diagnosed with a corneal ulcer. I had noticed that his right eye had gotten red, and there seemed to be some swelling, so I took him to my vet. The vet ...

Furthermore, dendritic cells were found to guide the regenerating corneal sensory nerve fibers after wounding; this association is disrupted in the diabetic corneas. Yu said the impairment of ...

Objective: To present a case of corneal ulcer unresponsive to medical treatment, successfully treated with the use of ultraviolet (UV) A and riboflavin collagen crosslinking (CXL) administered twice.