Catalog

Stromal keratitis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Stromal keratitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1665288755

Herpes simplex (HSV) stromal keratitis is an infectious ocular disease of either necrotizing or non-necrotizing form, due to an HSV infection, and characterised by corneal stromal necrosis, inflammation, ulceration and infiltration by leukocytes. Corneal perforation and blindness can also occur in severe cases.