title: [Cornea guttata and Fuchs' endothelial-epithelial dystrophy. Clinico-histologic study of 73 patients].
abstract: In a retrospective, clinico-histological study, 84 corneas from 73 patients with diagnosed Fuchs' dystrophy (FD) were examined after penetrating keratoplasty. Seven types of posterior corneal degeneration were found: six with diversely arranged and pronounced guttae and a thickened Descemet's membrane, and a seventh with no guttae in either eye. This last variant appeared histologically in only two patients. Whether it represents a different syndrome can only be speculated. Our study showed, however, that the frequency of cornea guttata (CG) in FD is statistically significant in all the histological variants.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung I, Univ. Augenklinik Tübingen.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lisch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buob
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Steuhl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000473:pathology; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000473:pathology; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005642:Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Cornea guttata und Fuchssche Hornhaut-Endothel-Epithel-Dystrophie. Klinisch-histologische Studie bei 73 Patienten.