Descemet's membrane

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Descemet's membrane is an eye pathology ditzel.

General

Thickness:

  • Older individuals (normal): 16 +/- 2 micrometres.[1]
    • Fuchs dystrophy: 34 +/- 11 micrometres.[1]


Specific entities

Fuchs dystrophy

Main article: Fuchs dystrophy

Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy

Main article: Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy

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Thin

Right Eye, Descemet's Membrane, Excision:
- Thin Descemet's membrane with low numbers of endothelial cells.
- This case will be sent to an eye pathologist for an opinion.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shousha, MA.; Perez, VL.; Wang, J.; Ide, T.; Jiao, S.; Chen, Q.; Chang, V.; Buchser, N. et al. (Jun 2010). "Use of ultra-high-resolution optical coherence tomography to detect in vivo characteristics of Descemet's membrane in Fuchs' dystrophy.". Ophthalmology 117 (6): 1220-7. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.027. PMID 20163865.

See also

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