AUTHOR=Di Zazzo Antonio , Zhu Angela Y. , Nischal Ken , Fung Simon S. M. TITLE=Vernal keratoconjunctivitis in adults: a narrative review of prevalence, pathogenesis, and management JOURNAL=Frontiers in Ophthalmology VOLUME=4 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ophthalmology/articles/10.3389/fopht.2024.1328953 DOI=10.3389/fopht.2024.1328953 ISSN=2674-0826 ABSTRACT=
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a chronic, progressive, allergic ocular surface disorder that can lead to sight-threatening complications. VKC occurs primarily in children and generally resolves about the time of puberty; however, case series and retrospective analyses indicate that approximately 10% of patients with VKC are adults, and that a subset of adult cases develop after puberty. Consequently, two age-related variants of VKC have recently been described: early-onset VKC—which manifests during childhood and persists into adult life—and late-onset disease, which emerges