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

  1. Irene Blanco Domínguez
  2. Blanca Garcia-Valcarcel Gonzalez
  3. María Pilar Rojas Lozano
  4. Azucena Baeza Autillo
  5. Pilar Balado Vazquez
Revista:
Journal of Emmetropia: Journal of Cataract, Refractive and Corneal Surgery

ISSN: 2171-4703

Ano de publicación: 2014

Volume: 5

Número: 1

Páxinas: 43-46

Tipo: Artigo

Outras publicacións en: Journal of Emmetropia: Journal of Cataract, Refractive and Corneal Surgery

Resumo

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.