PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J Olver TI - Keratomalacia on a 'healthy diet'. AID - 10.1136/bjo.70.5.357 DP - 1986 May 01 TA - British Journal of Ophthalmology PG - 357--360 VI - 70 IP - 5 4099 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/70/5/357.short 4100 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/70/5/357.full SO - Br J Ophthalmol1986 May 01; 70 AB - The case is described of a 39-year-old man with previously undiagnosed chronic schizophrenia and with bilateral keratomalacia secondary to his bizarre diet. He presented with a perforation of the right cornea which required an emergency penetrating keratoplasty. The difficulties of clinical management of a patient with an overt psychosis and the use of serum retinol levels to monitor treatment are described. Causes of vitamin A deficiency seen in Great Britain are discussed.