Spontaneous acute corneal hydrops in a patient with previously undetected unilateral pellucid marginal degeneration

• Autores: I. Blanco Domínguez, B. García Valcarcel González, P. Rojas Lozano, Azucena Baeza Autillo, P. Balado
• Localización: Journal of Emmetropia: Journal of Cataract, Refractive and Corneal Surgery, ISSN-e 2171-4703, Vol. 5, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 43-46
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • ABSTRACT: Acute corneal hydrops is a rare complication caused by a rupture in Descemet’s membrane as a result of progressive corneal thinning, normally due to advanced forms of corneal ectatic disorders.We report a case of unilateral pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) which presented as acute corneal hydrops in a 56-year-old woman with no history of ocular or systemic disease.