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Abstract #22949 Published in IGR 11-1
Specular microscopy and pseudoexfoliative syndrome
Tebeanu E; Stefan COftalmologia 2008; 52: 11-15
Focal production of pseudoexfoliative material is a stress to the endothelial cells, leading to a secondary degeneration and corneal decompensation. This typically occurs as a bilateral, asymmetrical, slowly progressive corneal endotheliopathy, more frequent in women, after the seventh decade of age. A severe decrease of endothelial cell density occurs--shown by specular microscopy. A persistent high level of the intraocular pressure and the metabolic disturbance in glaucoma affect the endothelium function. A severe decrease of the endothelial cell density occurs (up to 35%) in pseudoexfoliative keratopathy were glaucoma is associated. LA: Romanian
Dr. E. Tebeanu, Spitalul clinic de urgenta Militar Central "Dr. Carol Davila", Bucuresti, Romania. elizatebeanu@yahoo.com
Classification:
9.4.4.1 Exfoliation syndrome (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens)
2.2 Cornea (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)