EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Prof of Ophthalmology-U of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Category: Cornea
Diagnosis: Groenouw's Type I Granular corneal dystrophy

Image Comments:

From a clinical point of view, granular corneal dystrophy can be distinguished from macular corneal dystrophy by the slit-lamp findings: the opcites of the former are sharp and the adjacent stroma is clear without scarring.In the macular form, the opacities have fuzzy edges.

 

 

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