title: Conjunctival spheroid degeneration. Recurrence after excision.
abstract: After excision of part of the conjunctiva in 15 eyes (14 subjects) due to spheroid degeneration, the author noticed only fairly small, varying numbers of autofluorescent and colourless spheroids-after an observation period of 18 months, only 6% of autofluorescent and 13% of colourless bodies were observed compared to the number before biopsy. Around the biopsy site only a few spheroids were seen, with a non-significant tendency to increase in number of the colourless bodies. In the cornea the band-shaped keratopathy had aggravated, with the formation of a small number of large, autofluorescent spheroids. A pinguecula recurred in a mild degree only in 3 out of 13 cases within 18 months.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence