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Report of Five Cases, Including One of a Child of Two Years

FREDERICK C. STANSBURY, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1948;40(2):189-217.

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THE LATTICE type of familial corneal dystrophy was first described in 1890 by Hugo Biber,¹ a pupil of Haab, as gitterige Keratitis. He called it a chronic disease of the cornea, producing a bilateral opacity which at first looked like the residue of interstitial keratitis. The margin of the cornea was spared. Close examination revealed that the opacity was due to a lattice-like system of lines and to fine, rounded dots, which together resembled a spider's web. In regard to the lines, Biber said:

They run in various directions and sometimes cross each other. They remind one of a birch twig, branching here and there. Ledgelike projections on the surface of the cornea appear to correspond to these lines.¹

Symptoms of inflammation were insignificant, and at most included slight congestion and photophobia. The disease ran a long and painless course, eventually resulting in serious impairment of vision. Biber . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SYRACUSE, N. Y.

From the Institute of Ophthalmology of the Presbyterian Hospital of the City of New York.

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