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In vivo confocal microscopy of pre‐Descemet’s membrane corneal dystrophy
Author(s) -
Ye YuFeng,
Yao YuFeng,
Zhou Ping,
Pan Fei
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01288.x
Subject(s) - stroma , confocal microscopy , in vivo , medicine , confocal , descemet membrane , descemet's membrane , corneal dystrophy , cornea , dystrophy , ophthalmology , pathology , anatomy , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , immunohistochemistry , physics
A bstract Pre‐Descemet’s membrane corneal dystrophy is clinically characterized by the presence of numerous tiny pleomorphic opacities located in the deep stroma immediately anterior to Descemet’s membrane. A 35‐year‐old man, clinically diagnosed with pre‐Descemet’s corneal dystrophy, was examined by in vivo slit scan confocal microscopy. The pleomorphic structures containing dense hyperreflective inclusions in the posterior stroma were revealed in vivo . To the best of the authors’ knowledge, it is consistent with the result of the previous histological study, but different from other reports using in vivo confocal microscopy.