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Differential diagnosis between granular corneal dystrophy Groenouw type I and paraproteinemic crystalline keratopathy
Author(s) -
Møller H. U.,
Ehlers N.,
BojsenMøller M.,
Ridgway Alan
Publication year - 1993
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.1755-3768.1993.tb04635.x
Subject(s) - corneal dystrophy , dystrophy , medicine , ophthalmology , differential diagnosis , corneal opacity , cornea , pathology
Abstract. A case of corneal opacities in a leukemic patient with an M‐component in the serum proteins is presented, and a comparison is made to patients with granular corneal dystrophy Groenouw type I. The corneal deposits associated with the two conditions may appear identical with slit‐lamp biomicroscopy. Granular dystrophy patients, however, show a normal serum immunoglobulin pattern in contrast to patients with paraproteinemic crystalline keratopathy. The two entities can therefore be distinguished from each other by a serum electrophoresis.