title: Lattice corneal dystrophy: a source of confusion.
abstract: Published descriptions of families with lattice dystrophy of the cornea reveal a much more varied clinical course and a more pleomorphic corneal picture than the rather stereotyped textbook descriptions would suggest. This report describes a family with lattice dystrophy of unusually late onset with retention of useful vision into the 7th decade. Herpes simplex keratitis was misdiagnosed in 5 members of the family by different ophthalmologists, probably because the typical lattice lines were fine and visible only by retroillumination.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D014792:Visual Acuity