Summary
The clinical and histological findings in 3 patients with secondary corneal amyloidosis after endothelial decompensation of many years duration are reported on. Clinically a massivel corneal pannus with yellowish inclusions and a rough surface was seen. Histologically amyloid was found solely within the area of the pannus, leaving the stroma free of deposits.
The differential diagnosis to other forms of corneal amyloidosis is discussed.
Zusammenfassung
Klinisches Bild und histologischer Befund von 3 Patienten mit sekundärer Hornhautamyloidose nach jahrelang bestehender Endotheldekompensation werden einander gegenübergestellt.
Klinisch handelt es sich um einen massiven Pannus corneae mit eigentümlichen scholligen gelblichen Einlagerungen und höckriger Oberfläche. Histologisch liegt das Amyloid ausschließlich im Bereich des Pannus und läßt das Stroma frei.
Die Differentialdiagnose gegenüber den anderen Hornhaut-Amyloidosen wird erörtert.
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Hinzpeter, E.N., Naumann, G. Zur sekundären Amyloidose der Hornhaut. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 192, 19–25 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411316
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