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Purpose:

To evaluate in vivo confocal microscopic features of the cornea in chronic and delayed mustard gas keratopathy (MGK).

Design:

Comparative cross-sectional study.

Participants and Controls:

Twenty-two eyes of 22 consecutive patients with MGK and 28 eyes of 28 normal unoperated subjects were enrolled.

Methods:

All subjects underwent corneal confocal scanning, and the findings were compared between the 2 groups.

Main Outcome Measures:

Qualitative (layer thickness measurement and cell count) and quantitative (nerve and deposit evaluation) findings of corneal confocal scanning.

Results:

All subjects with MGK and normal subjects were males, with no significant difference in mean age between the 2 groups. Mean central corneal thickness, mean epithelial thickness, mean cell density of basal epithelia, keratocyte density at 3 stromal layers, and endothelial cell density in the MGK group were …