caa a22 4500 46577735X CHVBK 20180323111945.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02764300 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02764300 Recurrent salzmann's corneal degeneration [Elektronische Daten] [Maria Severin, Bernd Kirchhof] Three keratoplasties were carried out on two patients because of nodular degeneration of the cornea. Progress after keratoplasty could be followed up in one eye for 17 months and in the other two eyes, for 2.5 and 9 years, respectively. The implant with the short follow-up of only 17 months remained glass-clear; nothing abnormal was discovered during the checkups. In the case of the other patient in whom a longer follow-up period was possible, the following findings were evident: (1) a remarkably late epithelial immune response in one eye (after 18 months) with subsequent incomplete reepithelisation and formation of fine, superficial, cloudy opacity (observation period 2.5 years); (2) formation of dense but flat, superficial areas of opacity in the cornea of the other eye (observation period 9 years). These areas may be regarded as a precursor of Salzmann's corneal degeneration. No difference could be found between the histological findings in the explants and those in a degenerative pannus or an older scar caused by inflammation of the Bowman membrane. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Severin Maria Universitäts-Augenklinik, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-5000, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany aut Kirchhof Bernd Universitäts-Augenklinik, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-5000, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany aut Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Springer-Verlag 228/1(1990-01-01), 101-104 0721-832X 228:1<101 1990 228 417 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764300 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764300 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Severin Maria Universitäts-Augenklinik, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-5000, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kirchhof Bernd Universitäts-Augenklinik, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-5000, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Springer-Verlag 228/1(1990-01-01), 101-104 0721-832X 228:1<101 1990 228 417 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 46577735X BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer