ABSTRACT
Se presenta un caso de queratectasia en una paciente de 8 años de edad, de raza blanca, femenina, de nacionalidad boliviana. El diagnóstico se realizó por los antecedentes patológicos personales y familiares referidos por la madre y el examen físico mediante la oftalmoscopia directa y la biomicroscopia. Se realizó una investigación de dicho tema por lo poco frecuente que resulta esta enfermedad ocular.
A case of keratectasia in a 8 years old female patient of white race and Bolivian citizenship was presented. The diagnosis was carried out through the personal and family pathologic antecedents, which were referred by the patients mother and the physical exam, by means of the direct ophthalmoscopy and the biomicroscopy. A research on this topic was done because of the lack of frequency this ocular disease presents.