title: [Surface atypia following recurrent corneal lesions (light and electron microscopy findings)].
abstract: A case of recurrent herpetic keratitis was followed by therapy-resistant corneal opacities. Histological sections revealed epithelial ectopias in superficial stromal layers of the cornea; their formal pathogenesis appears to be due to defects in Bowman's membrane. Another patient developed several intraocular complications after a penetrating corneal injury, and each surgical intervention resulted in increasing corneal decompensation. Semithin and ultrathin sections of the explant revealed endothelial metaplasia with fibroblastic activity.
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000473:pathology*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007635:Keratitis, Dendritic / Q000473:pathology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Oberflächenatypien nach rezidivierenden Kornealläsionen (Licht- und elektronenmikroskopische Befunde).