Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe a case with recurrent corneal erosions who was treated with a Bowman layer (BL) onlay graft.
Method: BL onlay transplantation was performed.
Results: In a 79-year-old female patient who presented with bilateral map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy and a history of recurrent painful corneal erosions, BL onlay grafting was performed to restore the corneal surface. At 1 month postoperatively, the epithelium was smooth over the graft, and until 1.5 years postoperatively, the patients had no complaints and no recurrence of the epithelial corneal erosion.
Conclusions: In the described case, the transplantation of an isolated BL graft as an onlay proved to be an effective treatment for painful chronic recurrent erosions in the context of map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy in a patient who had undergone numerous unsuccessful previous treatments.
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