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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Descemetocele

Descemetocele

Category(ies): Cornea
Contributor: Jesse Vislisel, MD
Photographer: Stefani Karakas, CRA

A descemetocele is an area of extreme, focal corneal thinning where only Descemet membrane remains. These photographs show a descemetocele that developed after a sterile corneal melt in the setting of ocular rosacea.