Spontaneous acute corneal hydrops in a patient with previously undetected unilateral pellucid marginal degeneration
- Irene Blanco Domínguez
- Blanca Garcia-Valcarcel Gonzalez
- María Pilar Rojas Lozano
- Azucena Baeza Autillo
- Pilar Balado Vazquez
ISSN: 2171-4703
Year of publication: 2014
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Pages: 43-46
Type: Article
More publications in: Journal of Emmetropia: Journal of Cataract, Refractive and Corneal Surgery
Abstract
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.