purpose: to report the histopathological diagnoses of recipient corneal buttons in patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty. methods: in this observational case series, all recipient corneal specimens sent to the ophthalmic pathology laboratory of the eye bank of iran between 2004 and 2007 underwent histopathologic examination. results: overall, 315 corneal specimens were evaluated. histopa...

We present a patient who developed a crystalline keratopathy after a penetrating keratoplasty. This rare complication can be caused by bacterial infection, and the patient responded to the appropriate antibiotic therapy. The literature is reviewed and possible causes and mechanisms of the crystalline appearance are discussed.

THE purpose of the preselnt paper is to point out certain similarities in fatty plaques of the cornea aiid of blood vessels, both in manl anid ini hypercholesteremic rab)bits, and to suggest a commoim pathogenesis. The following resume is based onl a (clinieopathologic study of approximately a dozen cases of lipid plaques ill the humiiani cornea, approximately the sanme number ill the rabbit co...

The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility targeting HMGB1 signaling pathway treat diabetic keratopathy with a dipotassium glycyrrhizinate-based micelle ophthalmic solution encapsulating genistein (DG-Gen), and evaluate whether these glycyrrhizinate (DG) micelles could synergistically enhance therapeutic effect encapsulated (Gen). An optimized DG-Gen fabricated Gen/DG weight ratio...