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'''Fuchs dystrophy''', also '''Fuchs endothelial dystrophy''', is a rare pathology of the [[eye]] that may be seen in ''Descemet's membrane'' specimens. | '''Fuchs dystrophy''', also '''Fuchs endothelial dystrophy''', is a rare pathology of the [[eye]] that may be seen in ''[[Descemet's membrane]]'' specimens. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features:<ref name=pmid24508788>{{Cite journal | last1 = McLaren | first1 = JW. | last2 = Bachman | first2 = LA. | last3 = Kane | first3 = KM. | last4 = Patel | first4 = SV. | title = Objective assessment of the corneal endothelium in Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy. | journal = Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | volume = 55 | issue = 2 | pages = 1184-90 | month = Feb | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1167/iovs.13-13041 | PMID = 24508788 }}</ref> | Features:<ref name=pmid24508788>{{Cite journal | last1 = McLaren | first1 = JW. | last2 = Bachman | first2 = LA. | last3 = Kane | first3 = KM. | last4 = Patel | first4 = SV. | title = Objective assessment of the corneal endothelium in Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy. | journal = Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | volume = 55 | issue = 2 | pages = 1184-90 | month = Feb | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1167/iovs.13-13041 | PMID = 24508788 }}</ref> | ||
* | *Gutta. | ||
** | **Accumulation of collagenous material from the basement membrane. | ||
*Decreased endothelial density.<ref name=pmid19236704>{{Cite journal | last1 = Klintworth | first1 = GK. | title = Corneal dystrophies. | journal = Orphanet J Rare Dis | volume = 4 | issue = | pages = 7 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1186/1750-1172-4-7 | PMID = 19236704 }}</ref> | *Decreased endothelial density.<ref name=pmid19236704>{{Cite journal | last1 = Klintworth | first1 = GK. | title = Corneal dystrophies. | journal = Orphanet J Rare Dis | volume = 4 | issue = | pages = 7 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1186/1750-1172-4-7 | PMID = 19236704 }}</ref> | ||
*Thickening of ''Descemet's membrane''.<ref>URL: [http://www.mrcophth.com/pathology/fuchendothelialdystrophy.html http://www.mrcophth.com/pathology/fuchendothelialdystrophy.html]. Accessed on: 27 August 2015.</ref> | *Thickening of ''Descemet's membrane''.<ref>URL: [http://www.mrcophth.com/pathology/fuchendothelialdystrophy.html http://www.mrcophth.com/pathology/fuchendothelialdystrophy.html]. Accessed on: 27 August 2015.</ref> | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Eye]]. | *[[Eye]]. | ||
*[[Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||