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keratectasia

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Keratectasia (noun) means a condition in which the cornea bulges out abnormally after becoming thin and scarred.

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A condition in which the cornea bulges out abnormally after becoming thin and scarred.

"The minimum thickness of residual stroma to prevent ectasia should be 250 mm. However, some unknown factors can still be responsible for iatrogenic keratectasias." — H. V. Nema, Nitin Nema (2015)

"Increased negative keratometric diopters and oblate asphericity of the PCC are common after LASIK leading to mild keratectasia." — Agarwals, Dr Agarwals' Textbook on Corneal Topography (2006)

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