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Corneal oedema in ocular hypotony. 2004

Mark P Hatton, and Victor L Perez, and Claes H Dohlman

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

We describe the pattern of corneal oedema observed in five patients with chronic hypotony. The patients had marked stromal oedema from presumed endothelial dysfunction, but no epithelial oedema. These observations corroborate the concept that the intraocular pressure is the driving force in the generation of epithelial oedema.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007429	Intraocular Pressure	The pressure of the fluids in the eye.	Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D008297	Male		Males
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D015715	Corneal Edema	An excessive amount of fluid in the cornea due to damage of the epithelium or endothelium causing decreased visual acuity.	Corneal Edemas,Edema, Corneal,Edemas, Corneal
D015814	Ocular Hypotension	Abnormally low intraocular pressure often related to chronic inflammation (uveitis).	Ocular Hypotony,Hypotension, Ocular,Hypotony, Ocular
D041623	Tomography, Optical Coherence	An imaging method using LASERS that is used for mapping subsurface structure. When a reflective site in the sample is at the same optical path length (coherence) as the reference mirror, the detector observes interference fringes.	OCT Tomography,Optical Coherence Tomography,Coherence Tomography, Optical,Tomography, OCT