[Possibilities of therapeutic photokeratotomy with the excimer laser in treatment of Schnyder crystalline corneal dystrophy]

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 1998 May;212(5):405-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1034920.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in treating the Schnyder cristalline corneal dystrophy.

Methods: We examined the members of three generations of a family affected by Schnyder crystalline dystrophy. Two patients with disabling visual acuity were treated with PTK.

Results: The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of the patient with the cristalline form of the dystrophy progressed from 20/70 to 20/25. The BCVA of the other patient affected by the sine crystals form of the Schnyder dystrophy progressed from 20/70 to 20/30.

Conclusions: Excimer laser photokeratectomy is a valuable tool in treating the Schnyder cristalline form of corneal dystrophy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / diagnosis
  • Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / genetics
  • Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lasers, Excimer
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pedigree
  • Photorefractive Keratectomy*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Visual Acuity / genetics
  • Visual Acuity / physiology