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A single case reveals axial elongation drives adult onset myopia, suggesting corneal curvature's minor role.
Adult‐onset myopia is most often reported in college age individuals. Its prevalence and the refractive component(s) responsible are essentially unknown; some recent studies implicate corneal curvature. Here I present a single case of adult‐onset myopia over a period of 23 years in which axial elongation, and not steepening corneal curvature, is suggested as the most likely basis for the 4.50 D increase in refractive error.
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