Histologic and ultrastructural findings in a case of traumatic graft failure in deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty: A clinicopathologic case report

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 853-857

  Gooi, Patrick ^a,b   Robinson, Jennifer W ^a,b   Brownstein, Seymour ^a,b   Rocha, Guillermo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Brandon Regional Health Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; Electron microscopy; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Posterior lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; KERATIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA; CORNEA EDEMA; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PERFORMANCE; PH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE;

EID: 34547700314     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31806457db     Document Type: Article

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