Contact Lens Case Reports: Managing Pterygium with Contact Lenses

Pterygia are fibrovascular degenerations of the bulbar conjunctiva that extend onto the corneal surface, often resulting in regular and irregular astigmatism

By: Gregory W. DeNaeyer, OD, FAAO

Contact Lens Spectrum November 1, 2025 Vol 40, Issue November_December 2025

Gregory W. DeNaeyer

Bio: Gregory W. DeNaeyer, OD, FAAO, is an optometrist whose clinical writing focuses on contact lens care. In Contact Lens Spectrum, he has addressed contact lens-induced papillary conjunctivitis in a keratoconus patient wearing scleral lenses, including management considerations related to inflammation, lens comfort, deposits, and mechanical trauma from lens wear.

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