Ocular enlargement following infantile corneal opacification

Abstract

Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED) is not generally thought to be associated with other ocular abnormalities. Ultrasonography in a series of twenty eyes (ten patients) with CHED shows ocular enlargement similar to that occurring in uncomplicated axial myopia. There was an inverse relationship between the degree of enlargement and the visual acuity or visual result following penetrating keratoplasty suggesting that infantile corneal oedema sufficient to cause stimulus deprivation may result in abnormal enlargement of the globe.