Neurotrophic Keratitis in a Pediatric Patient With Goldenhar Syndrome and Trigeminal Aplasia Successfully Treated by Corneal Neurotization

Herein, the authors report an unusual case of a 6-year-old boy with right-sided Goldenhar syndrome and trigeminal nerve aplasia who developed neurotrophic keratopathy (NK). Despite the use of therapeutic contact lenses and multiple temporary tarsorrhaphy, NK worsened showing a central corneal scar, neovascularization, and significant stromal thinning, with risk of corneal perforation. Cochet-Bonnet esthesiometry revealed complete corneal...