CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL IRREGULARITY WITH LONG-TERM CONTACT-LENS WEAR

被引:4
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作者
STEVENSON, RWW
KIRKNESS, CM
机构
[1] Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
关键词
SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM; CONTACT LENSES; POLYMEGETHISM;
D O I
10.1097/00003226-199211000-00022
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
A case is presented of a 49-year-old woman who has worn hard contact lenses for 26 years. Specular microscopy of the central corneal endothelium revealed marked bilateral polymegethism and a large coefficient of variation in cell size. Of greater significance was the presence of clumps of small cells. This may be related to the way the corneal endothelium responds to long-term anoxia.
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页码:600 / 603
页数:4
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