The Cytological Characteristics of the Pseudomembrane in Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis.

Shin, Jung Cheol; Choe, Joon Kiu

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(2):239-243.
Published online February 1, 1988.

The Cytological Characteristics of the Pseudomembrane in Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis.

Jung Cheol Shin, Joon Kiu Choe

Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Hanyang Univecsity, Seoul, Korea.

유행성 각결막염 환자에서 위막의 미세구조

신정철(Jung Cheol Shin),최준규(Joon Kiu Choe)

Abstract

This study was performed to elucidate the cytologic characteristics of pseudomembrane, which was obtained from eight patients with epidemic keratoconjunctivltis. The predominant cells consisted of lymphocytes and degenerated epithelial cells with a few polymorphonuclear leukocytes and fibrin. Electron micrographs revealed the nuclear segregation, vermicellar body, viral microtubules, and intranuclear inclusion body. These findings suggest that the desquamated epithelial cell was infected by adenovirus.