SPETNI DODATEK/ONLINE SUPPLEMENT 

Zdrav Vestn 2016; 
86: 109–18 

Risk factors for contact lens complications 

Dejavniki tveganja za zaplete pri uporabi kontaktnih leč 

Mirna Štabuc Šilih 

Figure 1: 36-year-old 
patient with a corneal 
ulcer, who got his soft 
contact lenses without a 
professional examination 
and appropriate 
instructions: A) corneal 
ulcer; B) corneal ulcer 
with fluorescein stain 
under magnified view 
of slit lamp; C) corneal 
optical coherence 
tomography. 


Figure 2: 30-year-old 
patient with a microbial 
keratitis, who left her 
soft contact lenses 
overnight at the edge 
of the washbasin in a 
hotel and the next day, 
inserted them in the 
eye: A) keratitis under 
magnified view of slit 
lamp; B) corneal optical 
coherence tomography. 



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Figure 3: Corneal 
neovascularization: A) 
ingrowth of blood vessels 
from the limbal vascular 
plexus; B) corneal 
opacities with newly 
fomed blood vessels that 
extend beyond the pupil. 

Figure 4: Polymegathism 
and pleomorphism: A) 
specular microscopy of 
healthy endothelium 
with fairly regular 
hexagonal cells of 
similar size; B) initial 
changes in endothelium 
with more pronounced 
difference in size and 
shape of cells.