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Case Reports
. 2014 Aug 25:2014:bcr2014205584.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205584.

Keratoconus and granular dystrophy

Clare M Wilson  1 , Penny J D'Ath  2 , Dipak N Parmar  3 , Evripidis Sykakis  3
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Case Reports

Keratoconus and granular dystrophy

Clare M Wilson et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Concurrent bilateral keratoconus and granular dystrophy is reported in a 32-year-old patient with decreased vision. Initially contact lenses were attempted unsuccessfully to treat the conditions. There are a handful of other reports of these combined pathologies in the literature, and the likelihood of a chance cause or possible genetic linkage between the conditions is discussed.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Right eye Orbscan taken in July 2012 reveals steep K's and corneal thinning. (B) Left eye Orbscan taken in July 2012 reveals steep K's and corneal thinning. ACD, anterior chamber depth; BFS, best-fit sphere; K, keratometry reading; MM, millimetres.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Right eye Optovue anterior segment optical coherence tomography granular deposits throughout anterior and posterior stroma.
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