Postkeratoplasty crystalline deposits mimicking bacterial infectious crystalline keratopathy

Three corneal transplant patients developed white, crystalline, anterior stromal lesions in their grafts while receiving long-term topical corticosteroid therapy. A presumed diagnosis of infectious crystalline keratopathy was made in each case. However, histologic examination of the lesions failed t...

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Published inAmerican journal of ophthalmology Vol. 105; no. 1; p. 70
Main Authors Weisenthal, R W, Krachmer, J H, Folberg, R, Dunn, S P, Whitson, W E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.01.1988
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Corneal Diseases - diagnosis
Corneal Diseases - etiology
Corneal Diseases - pathology
Corneal Opacity - diagnosis
Corneal Opacity - etiology
Corneal Opacity - pathology
Corneal Stroma - pathology
Corneal Transplantation
Crystallization
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Infection - diagnosis
Infection - etiology
Infection - pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Mycoses - diagnosis
Postoperative Complications
Prednisolone - adverse effects
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Summary:Three corneal transplant patients developed white, crystalline, anterior stromal lesions in their grafts while receiving long-term topical corticosteroid therapy. A presumed diagnosis of infectious crystalline keratopathy was made in each case. However, histologic examination of the lesions failed to show gram-positive cocci. A fungal infiltrate was present in the first two patients, and calcium deposits produced the lesion in the third patient.
ISSN:0002-9394
DOI:10.1016/0002-9394(88)90123-7