OBJECTIVE The aim was to compare the corneal topography and tomography parameters of macular corneal dystrophy (MCD), granular corneal dystrophy (GCD) and lattice corneal dystrophy (LCD) patients obtained by Scheimpflug imaging system. METHODS The charts, photographs and topography images of patients were reviewed retrospectively. This study included 73 eyes of 73 patients (28 MCD, 20 GCG and...

A 2-year follow-up study was carried out on patients known to have developed aphakic macular oedema 6 weeks postoperatively, and the results were compared with those in a control group who had not developed oedema. Four eyes (12%) still had macular oedema, the visual acuities ranging between 6/5 and 6/9. There was no significant difference in visual acuities at 2 years between the 2 groups of p...

PURPOSE To elucidate the retinal dysfunction and the molecular basis of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) associated with macular dystrophy, both inherited in a dominant manner through a three-generation family. METHODS Ophthalmologic examinations including slit lamp examination, visual acuity tests, fundus visualization by scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, fluorescein angiography,...

purpose: to report a case of butterfly-shaped macular dystrophy. patient and findings: a 34-year-old woman presented with metamorphopsia in both eyes from 2 years ago. visual acuity was 9/10 in right eye and 10/10 in left eye. there was no pathologic finding on slit lamp biomicroscopy and funduscopy other than mild macular retinal pigment epithelium mottling. visual fields and electroretinogram...

PURPOSE To evaluate the corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs) in granular, lattice and macular corneal dystrophies. METHODS This retrospective study includes consecutive patients who were diagnosed as granular corneal dystrophy type2 (GCD2; 121 eyes), lattice corneal dystrophies type 1, type 3A (LCDI; 20 eyes, LCDIIIA; 32 eyes) and macular corneal dystrophies (MCD; 13 eyes), and 18 healthy ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the use of a single donor corneal tissue in 3 patients with corneal pathologic conditions. METHODS A donor corneal tissue was divided into 3 parts using a microkeratome and a trephine. The anterior lamellar disc was transplanted into a patient with macular corneal dystrophy using the automated lamellar therapeutic keratoplasty technique. The posterior lamellar disc was t...

PURPOSE Macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) is a rare corneal dystrophy that is characterized by abnormal deposits in the corneal stroma, keratocytes, Descemet's membrane, and endothelium, accompanied by progressive clouding. It has been classified into three immunophenotypes--MCD types I, IA, and II--according to the serum level of sulfated keratan sulfate (KS) and immunoreactivity of the corneal ...

OCULAR DISORDERS choroidoretinal defects choroidal coloboma, retinal coloboma, macular coloboma, retinal pigmentation changes, retinal flecks corneal defects not including dystrophy microphthalmos (anteposterior globe diameter less than 20 mm, in adult), anophthalmos eye, motility defects nystagmus strabismus convergent, esotropia, misalignment of the visual axes of the eyes eyelids, anomalies ...