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==General==
==General==
Thickness:
Normal thickness:
*Older individuals (normal): 16 +/- 2 micrometres.<ref name=pmid20163865/>
*Older individuals: 16 +/- 2 micrometres.<ref name=pmid20163865/>
**Fuchs dystrophy: 34 +/- 11 micrometres.<ref name=pmid20163865>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shousha | first1 = MA. | last2 = Perez | first2 = VL. | last3 = Wang | first3 = J. | last4 = Ide | first4 = T. | last5 = Jiao | first5 = S. | last6 = Chen | first6 = Q. | last7 = Chang | first7 = V. | last8 = Buchser | first8 = N. | last9 = Dubovy | first9 = SR. | title = Use of ultra-high-resolution optical coherence tomography to detect in vivo characteristics of Descemet's membrane in Fuchs' dystrophy. | journal = Ophthalmology | volume = 117 | issue = 6 | pages = 1220-7 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.027 | PMID = 20163865 }}</ref>


Note:
*Thickness in ''Fuchs dystrophy'': 34 +/- 11 micrometres.<ref name=pmid20163865>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shousha | first1 = MA. | last2 = Perez | first2 = VL. | last3 = Wang | first3 = J. | last4 = Ide | first4 = T. | last5 = Jiao | first5 = S. | last6 = Chen | first6 = Q. | last7 = Chang | first7 = V. | last8 = Buchser | first8 = N. | last9 = Dubovy | first9 = SR. | title = Use of ultra-high-resolution optical coherence tomography to detect in vivo characteristics of Descemet's membrane in Fuchs' dystrophy. | journal = Ophthalmology | volume = 117 | issue = 6 | pages = 1220-7 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.027 | PMID = 20163865 }}</ref>


==Specific entities==
==Specific entities==
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- This case will be sent to an eye pathologist for an opinion.
- This case will be sent to an eye pathologist for an opinion.
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==References==
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Eye]].
*[[Eye]].
*[[Eyelid]].
*[[Eyelid]].
==References==
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Revision as of 14:20, 13 October 2015

Descemet's membrane is an eye pathology ditzel.

General

Normal thickness:

  • Older individuals: 16 +/- 2 micrometres.[1]

Note:

  • Thickness in Fuchs dystrophy: 34 +/- 11 micrometres.[1]

Specific entities

Fuchs dystrophy

Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy

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Thin

Right Eye, Descemet's Membrane, Excision:
- Thin Descemet's membrane with low numbers of endothelial cells.
- This case will be sent to an eye pathologist for an opinion.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.