title: [Inflammatory mechanisms in corneal ulceration].
abstract: A retrospective histologic and analytic study of 355 corneal ulcer specimens obtained from therapeutic keratoplasties indicated that, during active corneal dissolution, the polymorphonuclear white cells predominated at the site of stromal degradation. The presence of PMN cells in corneal tissue was harmful by releasing degradative lysosomal enzymes, thus playing an important role in the development of the corneal ulceration.
authors.affiliation: Henan Institute of Ophthalmology, Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
authors.forename: Z Z
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000473:pathology*; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006561:Herpes Simplex; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections; D012189:Retrospective Studies