Granular Corneal Dystrophy.

Lee, Yoon Sang; Kim, Byung Jeon

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1982;23(3):743-747.
Published online March 1, 1982.

Granular Corneal Dystrophy.

Yoon Sang Lee, Byung Jeon Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, National Medical Center, Korea.

과립형 각막변성

이윤상(Yoon Sang Lee),김형전(Hyung Jeon Kim)

Abstract

Granular corneal dystrophy is primary heredofamilial dystrophy of the cornea, which is characterized by the presence of plemorphic milk-white spots in the superficial stroma in the central cornea. This corneal dystrophy was first ,described by Arthur Groenouw in 1890. Since then. many other types of familial corneal dystrophies have been discribed by morphological characteristics. In 1938 BUcklers classified the corneal dystrophy into 3 types; granular, macular and lattice dystrophy, whose nemenclature is now generally accepted. Now we report 2 cases of granular corneal dystrophies which involved 2 sisters in a family.