Conjunctival spheroid degeneration. Recurrence after excision.
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.
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