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Isolated amyloidosis of anterior uvea and trabecular meshwork
Author(s) -
Mansour Ahmad M,
Hidayat Ahmed A,
Gorevic Peter D
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2000.00344.x
Subject(s) - medicine , trabecular meshwork , uvea , pathology , amyloidosis , iris (biosensor) , amyloid (mycology) , infiltration (hvac) , secondary glaucoma , glaucoma , ophthalmology , eye disease , physics , computer security , computer science , biometrics , thermodynamics
Amyloid deposition in the iris is rare, scanty and associated with systemic disease. We present a case of isolated localized heavy amyloid infiltration of the iris and describe a new hillock‐pattern feature visualized using scanning electron microscopy.