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Fuchs' corneal dystrophy
Also known as:
Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy
Fuchs’ Hornhaut-Dystrophie (German)
Fuchs’ syndrome II
Fuchs-Kraupa syndrome
Fuchs-Groenouw dystrophy
Kraupa’s syndrome
Associated persons:
Ernst Fuchs
Arthur Groenouw
Ernst Kraupa
Description:
Endothelial dystrophy of cornea. A familial degenerative condition of the eye seen more commonly in women, with clouding of the cornea and often complicated by glaucoma. Occur in elderly persons. There is a juvenile and a senile variant, biomicroscopically indistinguishable. Inheritable disturbance, in some cases autosomal dominant, with a higher expressivity in women.
We thank Søren Nørby, Denmark, for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- E. Fuchs:
Dystrophia epithelialis corneae.
Albrecht von Graefes Archiv für Ophthalmologie, 1910, 76: 478.
- E. Kraupa:
Pigmentierungen der Hornhauthinterfläche bei «Dystrophia epithelialis (Fuchs)».
Zeitschrift für Augenheilkunde, Basel, 1920, 44: 247.
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