(FIGURE 1) Conjunctivalized cornea (OS). Opaque epithelium arising from the superior limbus was observed to cover the visual axis and involve 70% of the cornea.

(FIGURE 2) Late-fl uorescein staining with a "whorl-like" pattern was demonstrated.

(FIGURE 3) Superior involvement is present in all patients with soft contact lens-induced limbal stem cell deficiency with some degree of bilateral involvement.