Xeroderma pigmentosum and band-shaped nodular corneal dystrophy.
A case of xeroderma pigmentosum with associated band-shaped nodular dystrophy of the cornea is discussed. Band-shapped nodular dystrophy of the cornea usually occurs in elderly Bantu men. Band-shaped nodular dystrophy in a young Bantu man suffering from a genetically determined solar sensitive disease lends credence to the possibility that band-shaped nodular dystrophy is a solar sensitive disease, as has so often been postulated.
D000328:Adult; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics