Corneal elastosis. Appearance of band-like keratopathy and spheroidal degeneration
M. M. Rodrigues, P. R. Laibson and S. Weinreb
Clinical and pathologic studies of six corneas from patients with band-like
keratopathy and spheroid degeneration were performed. These included cases
of noncalcific band keratopathy; in one case very early changes in Bowman
membrane were demonstrated by light and electron microscopy. Two other
corneas displayed more advanced degeneration that manifested clinically as
irregular golden yellow plaques. One case of corneal spheroid degeneration
was associated with lattice dystrophy of the cornea. The corneal deposits
may be best characterized as a form of elastotic degeneration and were
associated with intense autofluorescence.
