Dystrophies Flashcards
Lattice
Amyloid deposits
Stains with Congo red
Granular
Hyaline deposits
Stains with Masson trichrome
Avellino type: stellate snowflake shaped, has amyloid and hyaline deposits
Reis buckler
AD
TGFBI gene
Stains with Masson trichrome
Thiel behnke
AD
TGFBI gene
Honeycomb pattern
Macular
AR CHST6 gene Glycosaminoglycan deposits stain with colloidal iron and Alcian Blue Intervening haze Involves entire cornea Low levels of keratan sulfate
Schnyder
AD UBIAD1 gene Cholesterol and phospholipid deposits Stain with oil red O and Sudan black Check lipid panel
Congenital stromal corneal dystrophy
AD
Decorin gene
Congenital bilateral clouding
Fleck
AD
Pip5k3 gene
Glycosaminoglycan and lipid deposits
Congenital or early
Posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy
AD
Endothelial cells behave like epithelium
Like ICE syndrome but bilateral (stromal edema, corectopia, glaucoma)
Meesman epithelial corneal dystrophy
AD
Keratin 3 or 12
Intraepithelial vesicles
Lisch
X linked dominant
Band shaped feathery lesions
Gelatinous
AR
Tacstd2 gene
Mulberry type, kumquat type