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[[Image:Gray871.png|thumb|Drawing of the cornea. Descemet's membrane is a thin layer at the bottom (''4'') of the drawing, between the substantia propria (''3'') and the single layer of endothelial cells (''5''). (WC/Gray's Anatomy)]] | [[Image:Gray871.png|thumb|Drawing of the cornea. Descemet's membrane is a thin layer at the bottom (''4'') of the drawing, between the substantia propria (''3'') and the single layer of endothelial cells (''5''). (WC/Gray's Anatomy)]] | ||
'''Descemet's membrane''' is an [[eye]] pathology [[ditzel]]. | '''Descemet's membrane''' is an [[eye]] pathology [[ditzel]]. | ||
''Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty'', abbreviated ''DSAEK'', redirects to here. | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:44, 13 January 2022
Descemet's membrane is an eye pathology ditzel.
Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty, abbreviated DSAEK, redirects to here.
General
Normal thickness:
Note:
- Thickness in 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. - This case will be sent to an eye pathologist for an opinion.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.