Epithelial iron line in juvenile corneal arcus lipoides.
Iron lines of the corneal epithelium are well-described phenomena in both normal and pathologic conditions. We found a bilateral corneal epithelial iron line at the inner edge of a juvenile corneal arcus lipoides in an otherwise normal eye of a 38-year-old white man. Possible mechanisms that may have led to the development of this new iron line are discussed.
Department of Ophthalmology, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
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Naumann
D000328:Adult; D001112:Arcus Senilis / Q000150:complications*; D003315:Cornea / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006951:Hyperlipoproteinemias / Q000150:complications; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male
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