May 2007
Volume 48, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2007
A Clinical, Light and Electron Microscopic Evaluation of a Novel Pedigree With Posterior Amorphous Corneal Dystrophy
G. O. Rosenwasser; V. S. Yellore; J. C. Papp; S. A. Rayner; L. A. Rosenwasser; C. Callahan; J. W. Sassani; E. Sobel; A. J. Aldave
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • G. O. Rosenwasser
    Central Pennsylvania Eye Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • V. S. Yellore
    Cornea Service, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • J. C. Papp
    Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • S. A. Rayner
    Cornea Service, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • L. A. Rosenwasser
    Central Pennsylvania Eye Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • C. Callahan
    Glaucoma Service, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
  • J. W. Sassani
    Ophthalmology, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • E. Sobel
    Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • A. J. Aldave
    Cornea Service, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships G.O. Rosenwasser, None; V.S. Yellore, None; J.C. Papp, None; S.A. Rayner, None; L.A. Rosenwasser, None; C. Callahan, None; J.W. Sassani, None; E. Sobel, None; A.J. Aldave, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support NIH K08 EY016079 and an unrestricted grant from the Central Pennsylvania Eye Institute
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2007, Vol.48, 5880. doi:
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      G. O. Rosenwasser, V. S. Yellore, J. C. Papp, S. A. Rayner, L. A. Rosenwasser, C. Callahan, J. W. Sassani, E. Sobel, A. J. Aldave; A Clinical, Light and Electron Microscopic Evaluation of a Novel Pedigree With Posterior Amorphous Corneal Dystrophy. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007;48(13):5880.

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Abstract

Purpose:: To describe the clinical and histopathologic features of a large pedigree with posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy (PACD).

Methods:: Slit lamp examination of each study subject was performed to determine the affected status. Corneal pachymetry and topography were also performed in affected individuals. Light and electron microscopic examination of corneal buttons excised at the time of penetrating keratoplasty was also performed.

Results:: Slit lamp examination and ancillary testing was performed for 52 individuals, 14 of whom were diagnosed as affected based on the presence of characteristic clinical features of PACD. Characteristic clinical features included a lamellar posterior corneal stromal opacification that appeared either at or just anterior to Descemet's membrane, decreased corneal thickness, and a flattened corneal contour. The majority of affected individuals demonstrated bilateral superior corneal scleralization and several patients demonstrated iris abnormalities, including correctopia and iris coloboma. Two of the affected individuals required corneal transplantation for visually significant corneal opacification; histopathologic examination of the excised corneal specimens demonstrated disorganized stromal lamellae and stromal staining with colloidal iron, but no staining with the alcian blue or periodic acid-Schiff stains. Electron microscopic examination revealed the presence of amorphous extracellular material between the stromal lamellae in the anterior cornea and disorganization of the posterior stromal lamellae.

Conclusions:: The family that we report represents just the tenth pedigree with PACD described to date. The clinical features identified in the affected individuals expand the range of anterior segment abnormalities associated PACD, and the extracorneal manifestations challenge its classification as a corneal dystrophy.

Keywords: genetics • cornea: clinical science • anterior segment 
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