Three cases of idiopathic "multiple-parallel-line" endotheliitis.
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.
Hori
Yuichi
Y
Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan. hori@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Maeda
Naoyuki
N
Kosaki
Ryo
R
Inoue
Tomoyuki
T
Tano
Yasuo
Y
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D001623:Betamethasone; D015242:Ofloxacin