Macular corneal dystrophy with isolated peripheral Descemet membrane deposits [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2019 Purpose: Macular Corneal Dystrophy (MCD, MIM #217800) is a category 1 corneal stromal dystrophy as per the current IC3D classification. While characterized by macular stromal deposits, we report a case of MCD type II with isolated bilateral peripheral ...
Wenlin Zhang +6 more
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Medium-Term Clinical Outcomes of Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty versus Penetrating Keratoplasty for Macular Corneal Dystrophy [PDF]
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2021 Ahmad AlAraj,1,2 Ahmad AlAmeer,1,3 Samar Al-Swailem1 1Anterior Segment Division, Department of Ophthalmology, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Qassim University ...
AlAraj A, AlAmeer A, Al-Swailem S
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Bilateral coexistence of keratoconus and macular corneal dystrophy
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 Bilateral coexistence of keratoconus and macular corneal dystrophy is a very rare clinical entity. Further elaboration on the possible genetic, histopathologic, pathophysiologic and biochemical correlation is required to study the nature of the condition.
Ghazi Al-Hamdan +3 more
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Concurrent Macular Corneal Dystrophy and Keratoconus.
Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012 A 21-year-old female presented with progressive bilateral visual loss for the past 8 years. The patient had no history of systemic disease, surgery or medications. Complete ophthalmologic examination and topography were performed. On ophthalmic examination, uncorrected visual acuity was counting fingers at 2.5 m (20/50 with pinhole) in the right and ...
Ahmad Shojaei, Hossein Mohammad Rabie
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Histological findings of corneal tissue after failed phototherapeutic keratectomy in macular corneal dystrophy – a case report [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2022 Background Macular corneal dystrophy is a rare inherited disease of the cornea leading to deposits mainly in the stroma. Affected patients suffer from progressive loss of visual acuity which should be treated with penetrating keratoplasty.
Caroline Julia Gassel +4 more
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Recurrence of macular corneal dystrophy on the graft 50 years after penetrating keratoplasty [PDF]
GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2020 Purpose: To report the recurrence of a macular corneal stromal dystrophy 50 years after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP).Methods: Observational case reportCase description: A 76-year-old male patient presented with visual impairment in the right eye (OD ...
Bischoff-Jung, Mona +6 more
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Detailed corneal and genetic characteristics of a pediatric patient with macular corneal dystrophy - case report [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2021 Background Corneal dystrophies are a group of rare, inherited disorders that are usually bilateral, symmetric, slowly progressive, and not related to environmental or systemic factors. The majority of publications present the advanced form of the disease
Anna Nowińska +5 more
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Primary graft failure after big bubble deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in macular corneal dystrophy [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 Macular corneal dystrophy is autosomal recessive dystrophy characterized by deposits of abnormal glycosaminoglycans in stromal lamellae and within endothelial cells.
Sunita Chaurasia +3 more
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Macular corneal dystrophy related to novel mutations of CHST6 in a Chinese family and clinical observation after penetrating keratoplasty [PDF]
BMC Medical Genomics, 2021 Background Macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) is a rare corneal stromal dystrophy with bilateral progressive vision loss. The pathogenic gene of MCD is carbohydrate sulfotransferase 6 (CHST6).
Dewei Li +3 more
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Corneal macular dystrophy. Case Presentation.
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 Among the stromal corneal dystrophies corneal macular dystrophy is one of the most frequent. It is an autosomal recessive disorder linked to chromosome 16, in which a mutation occurs in the CHST6 gene, causing an alteration in keratan sulfate metabolism.
Leopoldo Garduño-Vieyra +2 more
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