Author(s)

George D. Kymionis^1,2, Konstantinos I. Tsoulnaras^1*, Stella V. Blazaki¹, Michael A. Grentzelos¹

¹Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete (VEIC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.

We report a case of a 21-year-old male patient who underwent corneal cross-linking (CXL) due to bilateral progressive keratoconus. Topographical screening of his family members was performed for the detection of possible familial keratoconus and showed abnormal topographical patterns resembling to Forme Fruste Keratoconus (FFK) in all the members of his family. The reported keratoconic patient that underwent CXL was the only individual of this family that referred eye rubbing in his personal ocular history; ocular and medical history of the other family members was clear. Eye rubbing could be a possible adjuvant risk factor that contributes to conversion of FFK to clinical progressive keratoconus.

Eye Rubbing, Family, Forme Fruste, Keratoconus, Topography

Kymionis, G. , Tsoulnaras, K. , Blazaki, S. and Grentzelos, M. (2015) Eye Rubbing as a Possible Cause of Clinical Progressive Keratoconus in a Forme Fruste Keratoconic Family. Open Journal of Ophthalmology, 5, 19-22. doi: 10.4236/ojoph.2015.51004.