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{{Short description|Eye disease}} {{Infobox medical condition (new) | name = Thygeson's superficial punctate keratopathy | synonyms = '''Thygeson Superficial Punctate Keratitis''' | image = Thygeson's keratitis left cornea after cyclosporin A treatment.jpg | caption = Full resolution of opacities. From Hasanreisoglu and Avisar, 2008.<ref name="pmid19105827">{{cite journal | vauthors = Hasanreisoglu M, Avisar R | title = Long-term topical cyclosporin A therapy in Thygeson's superficial punctate keratitis: a case report | journal = Cases Journal | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 415 | date = December 2008 | pmid = 19105827 | pmc = 2636787 | doi = 10.1186/1757-1626-1-415 | doi-access = free }}</ref> | pronounce = | field = | symptoms = | complications = | onset = | duration = | types = | causes = | risks = | diagnosis = | differential = | prevention = | treatment = | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = | deaths = }} '''Thygeson's superficial punctate keratopathy''' ('''TSPK''') is a [[eye disease|disease of the eye]]s. The causes of TSPK are not currently known, but details of the disease were first published in the [[Journal of the American Medical Association]] in 1950 by American [[Ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]] Phillips Thygeson (1903β2002), after whom it is named.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Thygeson P | title = Superficial punctate keratitis | journal = Journal of the American Medical Association | volume = 144 | issue = 18 | pages = 1544β1549 | date = December 1950 | pmid = 14794375 | doi = 10.1001/jama.1950.02920180008004 }}</ref>
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