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PELLUCID MARGINAL CORNEAL DEGENERATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

A bilateral, clear (no scarring, infiltration or vascularization), inferior, peripheral corneal thinning disorder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Maladie cornéenne ectasiante caractérisée par une bande d’amincissement non inflammatoire de la cornée périphérique inférieure.

OBS

[La maladie] est souvent confondue avec le kératocône, avec lequel elle partage de nombreux aspects cliniques, vidéotopographiques et histologiques. Par ailleurs, comme lui, elle peut se compliquer de perforation et d’hydrops cornéens.

Spanish

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