Arcus senilis

As arcus senilis (corneal) (also Arcus lipoides corneae , Greis sheet or Gerontoxon ) by a is lipid storage related narrower from the limbus ( the limbus remote) Turbidity ring bradytrophic cornea referred to the eye. The old man's bow is gray-white in color, occurs frequently in old people ( arcus lipoides senilis ) and is without disease value . A similar phenomenon ( arcus lipoides juvenilis ) can be observed in younger patients with lipid metabolism disorders ( hypercholesterolemia ).

According to the criteria of the Dutch Lipid Clinic Network (DLCN), an arcus senilis in adults under 45 years of age is seen as the first visual diagnostic indication of a possible familial hypercholesterolemia and is rated with 4 points.

The greenish-brown Kayser-Fleischer corneal ring in Wilson's disease is to be distinguished from the arcus senilis .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willibald Pschyrembel (founder), Christoph Zink (editor): Clinical dictionary with clinical syndromes and nouns Anatomica. 255th edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1986. ISBN 3-11-007916-X

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