Conjunctival biopsies in gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina.
The conjunctival biopsy of gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina displays, besides some atypical changes, the accumulation in the epithelial cells of osmiophilic particles, which are probably lipids and which are also found in the fibroblasts of the conjunctival stroma.
D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009952:Ornithine / Q000097:blood; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000473:pathology*
D009952:Ornithine