[Twenty-three cases of primary cornea guttata].
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PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical aspects of patients with primary cornea guttata and the morphology of their corneal endothelial cells. METHODS Twenty-three patients who visited Kanazawa Medical University Hospital or related hospitals in Ishikawa or Fukui prefectures and were diagnosed as having primary cornea guttata by slit lamp microscopy and contact specular microscopy underwent an analysis of corneal endothelial cells as well as their clinical status. RESULTS In 23 cases, the number of men and young people under 30 years of age was low, with 4 and 2 cases respectively. There was no visual impairment due to cornea guttata. In the specular microscopic findings, the size and density of dark areas varied according to each case and there was asymmetry in some cases. The parameters of the endothelial cells, comprising mean cell area, hexagonality, and the coefficient of variation, were almost within normal limits except for 1 eye of a 79-year-old man who was speculated to be at an early stage of Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy. Three cases had received cataract surgery, but showed no statistical changes in endothelial morphology before or after the surgery. CONCLUSION Cornea guttata is thought to be a disease which is not uncommon in Japanese people and which does not bring about visual impairment or abnormalities in corneal endothelial cell parameters except for a small number of patients. Such cases with remarkably decreased cell densities should be considered to be at an early stage of Fuchs' dystrophy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Japanese journal of ophthalmology
دوره 44 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000