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Late corneal opacities in the syndrome of interstitial keratitis and vestibulo‐auditory symptoms
Author(s) -
Cogan David G.,
Kuwabara Toichiro
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1989.tb07112.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stroma , cornea , connective tissue , descemet membrane , connective tissue disorder , keratitis , ophthalmology , pathology , corneal opacity , complication , anatomy , surgery , immunohistochemistry
Progressive clouding of the cornea may be a delayed complication of the interstitial keratitis‐vestibu‐loauditory syndrome. Two illustrative cases are presented. The first case illustrates progressive opacification about aberrant vessels in the deep stroma presenting a characteristic dendritiform pattern. The second case shows that the opacification is due, in this case at least, to formation of connective tissue with inclusion of lipid crystals and fat along with the blood vessels. Descemet's membrane is also thickened several fold.