Morphological Studies on Fuchs`Dystrophy.

Kang, Yang Keum; Park, Min Su; Kim, Eun A; Chung, Jang Hyun

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1997;38(11):1931-1935.
Published online November 1, 1997.

Morphological Studies on Fuchs`Dystrophy.

Yang Keum Kang, Min Su Park, Eun A Kim, Jang Hyun Chung

Department of Ophthalmology, Ewha Medical Research Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

Fuchs` 이영양증으로 진단된 각막의 형태학적 관찰 1례

강양금(Yang Keum Kang),박민수(Min Su Park),김은아(Eun A Kim),정장현(Jang Hyun Chung)

Abstract

Light andelectron microscopic findings of Fuchs`dystrophy were examined in a corneal button obtained following a penetrating keratoplasty. In light microscopic study, an avascular connective tissue was observed between the epithelial basement membrane and Bowman`s layer. Fibroblast-like cells scattered on the denuded surface of the Descemet`s membrane were found in a flat-mounted specimen examined after alizarine red and tryphan blue staining. A slightly thickened Descemet`s membrane covered with the disorganized endothelium was observed in a electron microscopy. Swollen organelles and vacuoles in the cytoplasm were found as an internal structure of the endothelium.

Key Words: Flat-mount study;Fuch`s dystrophy;light and electron microscopic study