title: Granular corneal dystrophy: treatment with soft contact lenses.
abstract: Perforating keratoplasty was performed in both eyes of two siblings (sister and brother) with typical granular corneal dystrophy. Three of the operated eyes showed a recurrence of the underlying disease. In one eye, a recurrence could not be detected 14 years after the operation. This eye had been fitted with a contact lens 16 months after keratoplasty because of aphakia. Thus a contact lens may have a therapeutic effect in this primary epithelial disease.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Severin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Konen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirchhof
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008297:Male; D009679:Nuclear Family; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D014792:Visual Acuity