title: Histology of microcornea complicated by bullous keratopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a child with a microcornea complicated by bullous keratopathy and to present the results of a developmental and histological investigation of a microcornea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical and histopathological examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Histopathological examination of the microcornea showed that the microcornea of our case lacked the non-banded zone of Descemet's layer and formed collagenous layer and secondary Descemet's membrane.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case demonstrates that histological finding of microcornea is not necessarily normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tano
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003315:Cornea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male