Introduction: Studies from Nepal show that most of the cases of unilateral childhood
blindness are due to corneal causes. It was also observed that these corneal causes
were mostly preventable or treatable. Objective: to study the patterns of corneal
diseases in a pediatric out-patient department of a hospital in the eastern region of
Nepal . Methods: A retrospective study of the patients who presented to the pediatric
department of our hospital in the year 2014 was done with the help of the data received
from the hospital recording system. Detail examination of every case was done in the
out-patient-department of the hospital by pediatric ophthalmologists. Patients with
only corneal disease were included, and those with corneal disease along with other
ocular disease were excluded from the study.