Myxomatous Corneal Degeneration: A Clinicopathological Study of Six Cases and a Review of the Literature

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-271

  Belliveau, Michel J ^a,b   Liao, Walter N ^a,b   Brownstein, Seymour ^a,b   Manusow, Joshua S ^a,b   Jordan, David R ^a   Gilberg, Steven ^a   Mintsioulis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cornea; Electron microscopy; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Myofibroblast; Myxoma; Myxomatous degeneration; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE BIOPSY; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYXOMATOUS CORNEAL DEGENERATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; STELLATE CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA;

EID: 84859846898     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: 18793304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2011.09.006     Document Type: Review

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