All cases of @entity3283 , presenting at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi between January 2006 and December 2010 were reviewed. Information was obtained regarding socio-demography, the cause of @entity1066 , prior treatment and visual acuity. Afterwards, contact-lens specific information such as the type of lens and purpose and duration of lens usage was obtained from the @entity1 by phone interviews. There were 59 @entity1 with unilateral @entity1066 and 4 had bilateral presentation. The mean age of the study @entity1 was 27.79 +/- 14.51 years while the median age as 24 years. Of these, 87 %had a visual acuity less than <3/60 at presentation. Even after rigorous treatment, the visual acuity remained poor. In all 41 (68.4%) of the 60 eyes, for which follow up data were available, had visual acuity of less than 3/60 at their last follow up visit.Contact lens accounted for the majority of @entity1066 among @entity1 while @entity130 among @entity1 . Contact-lens related @entity3283 are resulting in serious @entity227 . Targeted education is necessary to address this avoidable cause of @entity227 .

Contact lens-related XXXX --a case series from Karachi.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'persons', 'men'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['visual disability', 'visual loss'] @entity1066 :: ('MESH:D014456', 'Disease') :: ['ulcer', 'ulcerative eyes', 'ulcers'] @entity3283 :: ('MESH:D003320', 'Disease') :: ['corneal ulcers'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity227 :: (MESH:D014786,Disease) :: ['visual loss']
