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Clinical photograph and corneal pachymetry map 3 days after corneal crosslinking. Left: Slit-lamp microscopy shows that the persistent epithelial defect remains. The underneath corneal stroma is melted and clouded by edema. Right: Pachymetry map shows the corneal swelling.
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Nevertheless, that area did not show epithelialization; superficial corneal stroma melt was observed, and the underneath stroma was visibly edematous (Fig. 1).
Clinical photograph and corneal pachymetry map 3 months after crosslinking. Left: Epithelialization is achieved and the corneal stroma shows mild scarring. Right: The axial map of the left cornea shows that the steepest keratometric value improved to 54.0 D after crosslinking.
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The epithelium began to recover thereafter, and the underneath stroma became dehydrated (Fig. 2).