Videokeratographic abnormalities in a family with posterior polymorphous dystrophy

Cornea. 1998 Jul;17(4):380-3. doi: 10.1097/00003226-199807000-00007.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe a unique videokeratographic pattern in one family with the vesicular form of posterior polymorphous dystrophy (PPD).

Methods: Descriptive case series of five patients with PPD including keratometry, videokeratography, axial length, and pachymetry.

Results: All affected family members with PPD demonstrated videokeratographic steep corneas with keratometry greater than three standard deviations over reported mean.

Conclusions: Videokeratographic corneal steepening appears to be associated with PPD in one family with the autosomal dominant vesicular form of disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cornea / pathology*
  • Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / genetics
  • Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / pathology*
  • Corneal Topography*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pedigree
  • Video Recording
  • Visual Acuity