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Bruno Fleischer
German ophthalmologist, born May 2, 1874, Stuttgart; died 1965.
Associated eponyms:
Fleischer's dystrophy I
Corneal dystrophy characterized by multiple brown punctate lesions on Bowman's membrane, spreading toward the centre of the cornea in a whirlpool-like manner.
Fleischer's ring
An incomplete, pigmented greenish or brownish thin line around the cone of the cornea in keratoconus.
Groenouw's syndrome
A peculiar form of an inheritable characterized by hyaline degeneration in the absence of acid mucopolysaccharide deposition.
Kayser-Fleischer ring
Grey-green or brownish-pigmented ring in the deep epithelial layers at the outer border of the cornea.
Biography:
Bruno Fleischer attended the universities of Tübingen, Geneva, and Berlin, obtaining his doctorate in Tübingen in 1898. He was assistant at the eye clinic in that town and in 1904 was habilitated for ophthalmology, becoming extraordinary professor in 1909. In 1920 he was called to The Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg as ordinarius, holding this tenure until 1951.
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