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Case Reports
. 1986 Feb 15;101(2):156-9.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(86)90586-6.

Ultrastructure of traumatic corneal endothelial rings

R D Stulting, M M Rodrigues, R E Nay
Case Reports

Ultrastructure of traumatic corneal endothelial rings

R D Stulting et al. Am J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Traumatic endothelial rings were observed in the cornea obtained from a 4-year-old boy after a fatal gunshot wound to the forehead. Electron microscopy showed the injury to consist of an annular area of endothelial cell loss and disruption with adherent macrophages. Endothelial cell disruption was localized to the circular area where mechanical distortion of endothelium and Descemet's membrane caused by the impact of a projectile would be maximal.

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