Because the condition was bilateral, a corneal dystrophy was suspected. Lattice dystrophy typically presents with branching refractile lattice lines with intervening haze, which are observed best ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 53-year-old woman was referred by her general ophthalmologist for cornea evaluation due to glare and blurry ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

In 1910, Professor Ernst Fuchs, an Austrian ophthalmologist, published an article describing 13 patients with Fuchs’ dystrophy, a condition in the cornea that subsequently bears his name. The patients ...

Also known as epithelial basement membrane dystrophy, map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy gets its name from the unusual appearance of the cornea during an eye examination.Map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, ...

Keratoconus is a disease that causes the cornea to slowly get thinner over time. It's the most common corneal dystrophy in the United States, affecting one in every 2,000 Americans. It is more common ...

Both Fuchs’ dystrophy and cataracts can cause cloudy vision among other symptoms. They are different conditions, but they may sometimes occur together. Read on to learn what the difference is and how ...

Fuchs’ dystrophy is an eye condition that causes the death of cells in the inner lining of the cornea. This may lead to the accumulation of fluid in the cornea and negatively affect vision. One of the ...