Keratoconus diagnoses, when and how?
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Abstract
Keratoconus is an ectatic corneal disease that touch Young population and leads to visual impairment. His prevalence is 1/2000, but surely under diagnosed because corneal topography and tomography is not as spread all over the world. This course will discuss indications of corneal topography and tomography in clinical practice, and when should we suspect keratoconus clinically.It will describe topographic and tomographic features in the diagnosis of keratoconus. The contribution of new technology of OCT based tomography and epithelial mapping in the diagnosis and evolution of corneal ectatic diseases will be presented.