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Contact lens overwear syndrome

MedGen UID:
266257
•Concept ID:
C1301526
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Contact Lens Overwear Syndrome; Contact Lens-induced Acute Red Eye; Immobile Lens Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Contact lens overwear syndrome (397561005)

Definition

Ocular pain which may be very intense, accompanied by corneal epithelium damage, conjunctival injection, lacrimation, blepharospasm, photophobia and hazy vision following corneal edema caused by overwear of contact lenses, principally the PMMA type. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVContact lens overwear syndrome

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Was Marilyn Monroe myopic and an early adopter of colored contact lenses? A review of the evidence and the early history of colored contact lenses.
Coroneo MT, Roth HW, Maguen E
Ocul Surf 2023 Apr;28:310-321. Epub 2021 Jun 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2021.05.010. PMID: 34102311

Diagnosis

Ocular Emergencies: Red Eye.
Tarff A, Behrens A
Med Clin North Am 2017 May;101(3):615-639. Epub 2017 Mar 8 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2016.12.013. PMID: 28372717
Contact lens-induced keratitis resembling central toxic keratopathy syndrome.
Moshirfar M, Kurz C, Ghajarnia M
Cornea 2009 Oct;28(9):1077-80. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318197ec3a. PMID: 19724197

Therapy

Contact lens-induced keratitis resembling central toxic keratopathy syndrome.
Moshirfar M, Kurz C, Ghajarnia M
Cornea 2009 Oct;28(9):1077-80. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318197ec3a. PMID: 19724197
Are hard lenses superior to soft? The advantages of soft lenses.
Yamane SJ
Cornea 1990;9 Suppl 1:S12-4; discussion S15. doi: 10.1097/00003226-199010001-00006. PMID: 2189672
The physiologic effects of extended wear soft contact lenses.
Binder PS
Ophthalmology 1980 Aug;87(8):745-9. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(80)35175-0. PMID: 6160446

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