Clear Cornea with Large Central Descemets Membrane Tears following Birth Trauma

To report a case of clear cornea with absent descemets membrane following birth trauma. Clinical history was taken and a detailed ophthalmic examination including slitlamp biomicroscopy, anterior segment ocular coherence tomography (ASOCT), pentacam, corneal topography, specular microscopy and pachy...

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Main Authors: Shweta Agarwal, N Radhika, Prema Padmanabhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.2012.69
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description To report a case of clear cornea with absent descemets membrane following birth trauma. Clinical history was taken and a detailed ophthalmic examination including slitlamp biomicroscopy, anterior segment ocular coherence tomography (ASOCT), pentacam, corneal topography, specular microscopy and pachymetry done. A large 6 mm diameter central area of clear cornea devoid of descemets membrane was seen in the affected eye. A case of clear cornea despite a large area of absent descemets membrane with a reasonably well functioning endothelium following birth trauma.
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spelling doaj-art-00bed9a6f7094ab6b90bee1e7fb7ea5e2025-08-20T01:48:33ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology0972-02002454-27842013-01-0123319920110.7869/djo.2012.69Clear Cornea with Large Central Descemets Membrane Tears following Birth TraumaShweta AgarwalN RadhikaPrema PadmanabhanTo report a case of clear cornea with absent descemets membrane following birth trauma. Clinical history was taken and a detailed ophthalmic examination including slitlamp biomicroscopy, anterior segment ocular coherence tomography (ASOCT), pentacam, corneal topography, specular microscopy and pachymetry done. A large 6 mm diameter central area of clear cornea devoid of descemets membrane was seen in the affected eye. A case of clear cornea despite a large area of absent descemets membrane with a reasonably well functioning endothelium following birth trauma.https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.2012.69absent descemets membranebirth trauma to cornea.
spellingShingle Shweta Agarwal
N Radhika
Prema Padmanabhan
Clear Cornea with Large Central Descemets Membrane Tears following Birth Trauma
Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology
absent descemets membrane
birth trauma to cornea.
title Clear Cornea with Large Central Descemets Membrane Tears following Birth Trauma
title_full Clear Cornea with Large Central Descemets Membrane Tears following Birth Trauma
title_fullStr Clear Cornea with Large Central Descemets Membrane Tears following Birth Trauma
title_full_unstemmed Clear Cornea with Large Central Descemets Membrane Tears following Birth Trauma
title_short Clear Cornea with Large Central Descemets Membrane Tears following Birth Trauma
title_sort clear cornea with large central descemets membrane tears following birth trauma
topic absent descemets membrane
birth trauma to cornea.
url https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.2012.69
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