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'''Keratoconus''' is a pathology of the cornea. | '''Keratoconus''' is a pathology of the cornea characterized by thinning and bulging.<ref name=pmid26783544>{{Cite journal | last1 = Arnalich-Montiel | first1 = F. | last2 = Alió Del Barrio | first2 = JL. | last3 = Alió | first3 = JL. | title = Corneal surgery in keratoconus: which type, which technique, which outcomes? | journal = Eye Vis (Lond) | volume = 3 | issue = | pages = 2 | month = | year = 2016 | doi = 10.1186/s40662-016-0033-y | PMID = 26783544 }}</ref> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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Features: | Features: | ||
*Thinning of the cornea.<ref name=pmid21623252>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mathew | first1 = JH. | last2 = Goosey | first2 = JD. | last3 = Bergmanson | first3 = JP. | title = Quantified histopathology of the keratoconic cornea. | journal = Optom Vis Sci | volume = 88 | issue = 8 | pages = 988-97 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31821ffbd4 | PMID = 21623252 }}</ref> | *Thinning of the cornea.<ref name=pmid21623252>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mathew | first1 = JH. | last2 = Goosey | first2 = JD. | last3 = Bergmanson | first3 = JP. | title = Quantified histopathology of the keratoconic cornea. | journal = Optom Vis Sci | volume = 88 | issue = 8 | pages = 988-97 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31821ffbd4 | PMID = 21623252 }}</ref> | ||
*Anterior limiting lamina with variable thickness.<ref name=pmid21623252/> | |||
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*Anterior limiting lamina = layer below the basement membrane.<ref name=pmid18765633>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mathew | first1 = JH. | last2 = Bergmanson | first2 = JP. | last3 = Doughty | first3 = MJ. | title = Fine structure of the interface between the anterior limiting lamina and the anterior stromal fibrils of the human cornea. | journal = Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | volume = 49 | issue = 9 | pages = 3914-8 | month = Sep | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1167/iovs.07-0707 | PMID = 18765633 }}</ref> | |||
**Normally has a uniform thickenss. | |||
===Images=== | |||
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143234/figure/F1/ Keratoconus (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid21623252/> | |||
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Left Corneal Button, Excision: | |||
- Consistent with keratoconus. | |||
- NEGATIVE for dysplasia. | |||
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===Micro=== | |||
The sections show a cornea with thinning and an irregular anterior limiting lamina. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||