title: Clinical features and in-vivo confocal microscopic imaging of fleck corneal dystrophy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the value of in-vivo confocal microscopy (CM) in the diagnosis of Fleck corneal dystrophy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report and literature review. After complete eye examination of the patient, in-vivo CM was performed. The morphologies of the corneal layers were evaluated by in-vivo CM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Slit-lamp examination revealed bilateral gray-white, oval or round discrete opacities in the stroma. Confocal microscopy showed hyper-reflective opacities in enlarged and unremarkable keratocyte nuclei throughout the stroma. The surface epithelium, subbasal nerves, and endothelium showed normal morphology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis of rare corneal dystrophies such as Fleck corneal dystrophy should sometimes be made only after performing in-vivo confocal microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayıs University, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Samsun, Turkey. ertugrulcan73@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ertuğrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: Halil İbrahim
authors.initials: Hİ
authors.lastname: Akgün
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008875:Middle Aged; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D014792:Visual Acuity