Table 1.
Demographics and corneal opacity severity of the patients
| Case No. | Gender | Laterality | Etiology of corneal opacity | Location of corneal opacity | Percentage of opacity area involving central ellipse (%) | Average density of corneal opacity | Corneal opacity severity* | Associated ocular pathology | Cataract grading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | OS | Traumatic scar | Superotemporal scar involving central cornea | NA | NA | NA | NS3+ CO2+ | |
| 2 | M | OD | Bullous keratopathy | Diffusive opacity sparing temporal side | 68.9 | 70.9 | 4882 | PPA | NS2+ |
| M | OS | Bullous keratopathty | Inferior focal scar involving central cornea | 79.6 | 67.7 | 5389 | PPA | NS2+ PSCO1+ | |
| 3 | M | OD | Herpetic keratitis | Central scar | 41.4 | 87.1 | 3602 | CR degeneration | NS3+ |
| M | OS | Herpetic keratitis | Paracentral scar | 53.1 | 73.1 | 3877 | CR degeneration | NS3+ | |
| 4 | M | OS | Herpetic keratitis | Central scar | 62.7 | 101.2 | 6340 | NS2+ | |
| 5 | M | OD | Herpetic keratitis | Central scar | 31.1 | 43.9 | 1365 | NS4+ PSCO3+ | |
| 6 | M | OD | OCP | Diffusive faint scar | NA | NA | NA | NS2+ CO2+ PSCO1+ | |
| M | OS | OCP | Diffusive faint scar | NA | NA | NA | NS2+ CO2+ PSCO1+ | ||
| 7 | M | OS | Traumatic scar | Diffusive dense scar | 66.5 | 93.9 | 6246 | CR degeneration | NS1+ CO1+ PSCO1+ |
| 8 | F | OD | Idiopathic | Central focal scar | 59.1 | 94.7 | 5592 | NS2+ | |
| 9 | F | OS | Herpetic keratitis | Paracentral focal scar | 40.0 | 119 | 4757 | Macular degeneration | NS4+ |
| 10 | M | OS | Traumatic scar | Central focal scar | NA | NA | NA | Traumatic cataract | |
| 11 | F | OS | Idiopathic | Paracentral focal scar | NA | NA | NA | NS2+ CO2+ | |
| 12 | M | OS | Idiopathic | Paracentral dense scar | 80 | 97.2 | 7780 | Ambylopia | NS1+ |
| 13 | F | OD | Herpetic keratitis | Central focal scar | 93.8 | 89 | 8344 | NS2+ CO1+ | |
| 14 | F | OD | SJS | Central scar | 14.5 | 101.3 | 1470 | NS4+ | |
| 15 | F | OS | Idiopathic | Paracentral scar | NA | NA | NA | Ambylopia | Total opacity |
| 16 | F | OD | Idiopathic | Diffusive scar | NA | NA | NA | CR degeneration | NS2+ CO2+ |
| F | OS | Herpetic keratitis | Diffusive scar | NA | NA | NA | CR degeneration | NS2+ CO2+ | |
| 17 | F | OS | Herpetic keratitis | Central scar | 76.1 | 86 | 6548 | NS3+ CO2+ | |
| 18 | F | OD | Neurotrophic keratitis | Diffusive faint scar | 30.2 | 40 | 1207 | Pale disc | NS4+ CO3+ |
| 19 | M | OD | Fungal ulcer | Central focal scar | NA | NA | NA | NS2+ CO2+ |
M male, F female, OD right eye, OS left eye, OCP ocular cicatricial pemphigoid, SJS Stevens Johnson syndrome, PPA peripapillary atrophy, CR degeneration chorioretinal degeneration, NS nuclear sclerosis, CO cortical opacity, PSCO posterior subcapsular opacity, NA not accessible
*area percentage of central ellipse x average density