Detailed corneal and genetic characteristics of a pediatric patient with macular corneal dystrophy - case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Corneal dystrophies are a group of rare, inherited disorders that are usually bilateral, symmetric, slowly progressive, and not related to environmental or systemic factors. The majority of publications present the advanced form of the disease with a typical clinical demonstration. The initial signs and symptoms of different epithelial and stromal corneal dystrophies are not specific; therefore, it is very important to establish the early characteristic corneal features of these disorders that could guide the diagnostic process.

Case presentation

The main purpose of this study was to report the differential diagnosis of a pediatric patient with bilateral anterior corneal involvement suspected of corneal dystrophy. An 8-year-old male patient presented with asymptom

SUBMITTER: Nowinska A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8299585 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature