title: Spontaneneous hydrops in pellucid marginal degeneration: documentation by OCT-III.
abstract: Corneal pellucid marginal degeneration (PMCD) is an idiopathic condition characterized by non-inflammatory, non-ulcerative thinning of inferior peripheral cornea. PMCD has been reported occasionally complicated with hydrops owing to break in descemet membrane. We herein report a 38-year-old man, who presented with sudden dimness of vision in right eye. Clinical findings and Orbscan II were suggestive of PMCD in both eyes with hydrops in right eye. Slit-lamp and optical coherence tomography of right eye showed central descemet's detachment without any break. Patient underwent descemetopexy by isoexpansile C3F8 (14%) and is doing well with significant improvement in the hydrops.
authors.forename: Balasubramanya
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramamurthy
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Alka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rani
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.forename: Virender S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Sangwan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000473:pathology; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology