title: Three cases of idiopathic "multiple-parallel-line" endotheliitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report 3 cases of idiopathic endotheliitis that appeared clinically as multiple parallel lines of keratic precipitates on the corneal endothelium.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Slit-lamp examinations of the 3 patients showed several parallel dotted lines of keratic precipitates on the corneal endothelium. Although all cases were managed successfully by topical steroid in 1 week, corneal endothelial cell damage occurred. No virus (herpes simplex virus 1, varicella zoster virus, or cytomegalovirus) could be detected by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in the aqueous humor of 1 of the 3 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This series of cases presented a unique type of idiopathic endotheliitis with the clinical appearance of multiple and parallel lines of keratic precipitates. The expression patterns of the keratic precipitates were distinct from those of previously reported linear endotheliitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan. hori@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kosaki
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D001623:Betamethasone; D015242:Ofloxacin