[Primary bilateral lipid keratopathy].
METHODS
Observational, case report study. A 45-year-old woman complained of bilateral irritation and photophobia since childhood. Slit-lamp examination revealed yellow-whitish deposits involving the deep stroma of the peripheral half of the cornea in both eyes. The evolution was slowly progressive with a moderate impairment of her visual acuity.


CONCLUSIONS
Lipid deposits adopt symmetric and bilateral configurations; the absence of corneal vascularization and ocular pathology as well as any lipoprotein disorder support the diagnosis of primary lipid keratopathy. The slow progressing disease is also confirmed.
Castro-Rebollo
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Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. mariarebollo@yahoo.es
Montes-Mollón
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Pérez-Rico
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D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000150:complications; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D008875:Middle Aged; D020795:Photophobia / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity