Recurrent salzmann’s corneal degeneration |
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Authors: | Maria Severin Bernd Kirchhof |
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Affiliation: | 1. Universit?ts-Augenklinik, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-5000, K?ln 41, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract: | Three keratoplasties were carried out on two patients because of nodular degeneration of the cornea. Progress after keratoplasty
could be followed up in one eye for 17 months and in the other two eyes, for 2.5 and 9 years, respectively. The implant with
the short follow-up of only 17 months remained glass-clear; nothing abnormal was discovered during the checkups. In the case
of the other patient in whom a longer follow-up period was possible, the following findings were evident: (1) a remarkably
late epithelial immune response in one eye (after 18 months) with subsequent incomplete reepithelisation and formation of
fine, superficial, cloudy opacity (observation period 2.5 years); (2) formation of dense but flat, superficial areas of opacity
in the cornea of the other eye (observation period 9 years). These areas may be regarded as a precursor of Salzmann’s corneal
degeneration. No difference could be found between the histological findings in the explants and those in a degenerative pannus
or an older scar caused by inflammation of the Bowman membrane. |
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