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All patients evaluated between November 1 and December 31, 2012, in the Centro Oftalmol\u00f3gico Virgilio Galvis and Fundaci\u00f3n Oftalmol\u00f3gica de Santander (FOSCAL), Floridablanca, Colombia, with clinical findings of white corneal opacities corresponding to Punctate Keratopathy of West Indians were identified. Careful slit-lamp examination was performed for clinical diagnosis and findings were reported in the electronic medical record indicating number and location of the lesions. Prevalence was calculated for the total population, and for gender and age groups. Furthermore a literature review was performed and a new name for the condition proposed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results :<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the whole group of patients, prevalence was 1.0%. No one case was diagnosed in a patient younger than 21 year-old. 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