Cornea and External Disease

Overview

Cornea and external disease is the subspecialty of ophthalmology concerned with disorders of the cornea, conjunctiva, eyelids, tear film, and the ocular surface. The cornea is the transparent, dome-shaped front layer of the eye that protects internal structures and refracts light to focus images on the retina, so diseases that affect its clarity, shape, or integrity, along with surface conditions such as conjunctival and inflammatory disorders, can significantly impair vision. The field addresses conditions including keratoconus and other corneal ectasias, corneal ulcers and infections, ocular surface and immune-mediated disease, and the medical and surgical treatments used to preserve corneal transparency and function. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to cornea and external disease published in Ophthalmic Science and related OpenAccessPub journals. On-topic work includes a description of a new technology for optimized UV-A light energy transfer to the cornea in corneal crosslinking for keratoconus, a treatment aimed at strengthening a structurally weakened cornea, and a case report of conjunctival resection for Mooren's ulcer refractory to medical therapy, addressing a severe inflammatory corneal ulcer of the ocular surface. Together these articles reflect the diagnostic and surgical management of corneal and external eye disease within contemporary ophthalmic science.

Research published in this journal

3 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 3 articles above have been cited 6 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

• Bilateral Mooren's Ulcer With Corneal Perforation in Two Women of Different Ethnicities: A Report of Two Cases
  2026 · Cureus
• Orbital metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: rare cause of exophthalmos in chronic liver disease
  2025 · Journal of Liver Cancer
• Unilateral macular branch retinal vein occlusion in a healthy Indian woman following coronavirus disease vaccination: a case report and comprehensive literature review
  S. Sanjay et al. · 2023 · Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation in optometry
• Multi-color imaging in a unilateral central retinal artery occlusion following dengue fever: A case report and literature review
  S. Sanjay et al. · 2022 · Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation in optometry
• Multi-color imaging in a unilateral central retinal artery occlusion following dengue fever: A case report and literature review
  2022 · Medical Hypothesis Discovery & Innovation in Optometry
• Central Retinal Vein Occlusion In Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  2015 · Journal of Ophthalmic Science

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