Unusual inclusions in stromal macrophages in a case of gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy.
A 35-year-old man developed gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy at age 20. Amyloid deposits were located mainly in the anterior two thirds of the cornea. Ultrastructurally, amyloid fibrils were demonstrated beneath the corneal epithelium and in the cytoplasmic inclusions of the stromal macrophages.
Takahashi
M
M
Yokota
T
T
Yamashita
Y
Y
Ishihara
T
T
Uchino
F
F
Imada
N
N
Matsumoto
N
N
D000328:Adult; D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism; D003315:Cornea / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male
D000682:Amyloid