title: Spheroid degeneration of conjunctiva and cornea. Two years' follow up.
abstract: Twenty-six subjects with spheroid degeneration were followed up after two years. The number of colourless conjunctival droplets was seen to have increased by on an average 46% (2 alpha = 0.05) and that of autofluorescent conjunctival droplets by 223% (2 alpha less than 0.01). Counting within the individual sites sites disclosed that some droplets will disappear (not less than 30 and 21% respectivelY), while recently formed will constitute at least 76 and 243%. The number of areas with band-shaped keratopathy was found to rise from 3 to 26 (P less than 0.001) out of 104 possibilities, (nasally and temporally of right and left eye). Vital staining (fluorescein, rose bengal, tetrazolium, alcian blue) showed the epithelium above the droplets to be intact, and the droplet-containing eyes were found not to be abnormally dry (break up time, tear production).
mesh_terms: D000423:Alcian Blue; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012395:Rose Bengal; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D012395:Rose Bengal; D000423:Alcian Blue