A Case of Spontaneous Regression of Schnyder's Crystalline Corneal Dystrophy.
- Author:
Chun Suk JUNG
1
;
Yoon Won MYONG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Corneal opacity;
Deposition of lipid;
Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Cholesterol;
Corneal Opacity;
Corneal Transplantation;
Crystallins*;
Genetic Diseases, Inborn;
Humans
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2000;41(6):1441-1444
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy is a hereditary disease of unknown etiology and characterized by bilateral subepithelial corneal opacity with diffuse crystalline deposits of cholesterol or other lipid. The authors experienced a case of Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy whose corneal opacity of left eye regressed gradually without treatment. This 40-year-old man had undergone keratoplasty on the right eye and adiagnosis of Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy was made histopatho-logically. In this report, the authors describe a case of regression of Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy without treatment.
