{"pk":25351,"title":"A 32-Year-Old Male with Corneal Hydrops","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case Presentation: </strong>A 32-year-old male with a history of left eye keratoconus presented to the emergency department with left eye pain and blurry vision for two days. Out of concern for corneal hydrops, ophthalmology was consulted, and the diagnosis was confirmed. Per ophthalmology recommendations, the patient was started on hypertonic saline and prednisolone eye drops and referred to a corneal specialist.</p>\n<p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Corneal hydrops is characterized by stromal edema caused by leakage of aqueous humor due to rupture of Descemet membrane. This case describes a patient with a keratoconus deformity who developed corneal hydrops.</p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--></p>","language":"eng","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"corneal hydrops"},{"word":"keratoconus"},{"word":"ocular ultrasound"}],"section":"Images in Emergency Medicine","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6k90q7rd","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Justin","middle_name":"Erik","last_name":"Anderson","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada","department":""},{"first_name":"Ryan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Grinnell","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada","department":""},{"first_name":"Kristina","middle_name":"","last_name":"Domanski","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada; University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Emergency Department, Las Vegas, Nevada","department":""},{"first_name":"Jaime","middle_name":"","last_name":"Baydoun","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada; University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Emergency Department, Las Vegas, Nevada","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2024-07-27T23:20:43.117000Z","date_accepted":"2024-09-17T09:52:17.604000Z","date_published":"2024-11-03T04:50:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/25351/galley/30169/download/"}]}