Granular corneal dystrophy

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Classification according to ICD-10
H18.5 Hereditary corneal dystrophies
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The granular corneal dystrophy is a very rare and severe congenital form of dystrophy slow progression and beginning in early childhood.

There are two types:

  • Granular corneal dystrophy type I , synonyms : GCD1; Granular corneal dystrophy, classical; Groenouw corneal dystrophy type I; Corneal dystrophy, granular; Corneal dystrophy, friable; Bücklers I corneal dystrophy; Corneal degeneration, familial, Fleischer (type I); English Groenouw-Fleischer dystrophy; Fleischer's dystrophy ; Latin dystrophia corneae granulosa
  • Granular Corneal Dystrophy Type II , Synonyms: GCD2; Avellino dystrophy; Corneal dystrophy type Avellino; Corneal dystrophy, granular-latticed; English Combined Granular-Lattice Corneal Dystrophy; Granular Corneal Dystrophy, Type II;

The Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy is sometimes included as type III.

literature

  • LM Uit de Bosch, S. Ormonde, SL Misra: Visual Outcomes Following Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty in Granular Corneal Dystrophy Types 1 and 2. In: Korean journal of ophthalmology: KJO. Vol. 30, No. 6, December 2016, pp. 481-482, doi: 10.3341 / kjo.2016.30.6.481 , PMID 27980368 , PMC 5156623 (free full text).
  • DP Roncone: Granular corneal dystrophy: a novel approach to classification and treatment. In: Optometry and vision science: official publication of the American Academy of Optometry. Vol. 91, No. 3, March 2014, pp. E63-e71, doi: 10.1097 / OPX.0000000000000159 , PMID 24413275 .
  • EG Weidle, W. Lisch: The different opacity forms of the friable corneal dystrophy. In: Clinical monthly sheets for ophthalmology. Vol. 185, No. 3, September 1984, pp. 167-173, doi: 10.1055 / s-2008-1054592 , PMID 6333548 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ emedicine.medscape
  2. ↑ Granular corneal dystrophy type I. In: Orphanet (database for rare diseases).
  3. ↑ Granular corneal dystrophy type II. In: Orphanet (database for rare diseases).
  4. ^ Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy. In: Orphanet (Rare Disease Database).