Marginal keratitis: a clinical case

Marginal keratitis [MK] is a frequently occurring disorder characterized by sterile infiltrates in the peripheral cornea [catarrhal ulcers], with or without associated epithelial defects, and with an increased incidence among patients affected with chronic staphylococcal blepharoconjunctivitis. We report here a case of marginal keratitis that became apparent after a seemingly innocuous excision of small sebaceous cysts on the lids, in a female suffereing from chronic blepharitis