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==General== | ==General== | ||
Normal thickness: | |||
*Older individuals | *Older individuals: 16 +/- 2 micrometres.<ref name=pmid20163865/> | ||
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. | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Eye]]. | *[[Eye]]. | ||
*[[Eyelid]]. | *[[Eyelid]]. | ||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
[[Category:Eye]] | [[Category:Eye]] | ||
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
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 with low numbers of endothelial cells. - This case will be sent to an eye pathologist for an opinion.
See also
References
- ↑ 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.