LATTICE TYPE OF HEREDITARY CORNEAL DEGENERATION

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THE LATTICE type of familial corneal dystrophy was first described in 1890 by Hugo Biber,1a pupil of Haab, asgitterige Keratitis.He called it a chronic disease of the cornea, producing a bilateral opacity which at first looked like the residue of interstitial keratitis. The margin of the cornea was spared. Close examination revealed that the opacity was due to a lattice-like system of lines and to fine, rounded dots, which together resembled a spider's web. In regard to the lines, Biber said: They run in various directions and sometimes cross each other. They remind one of a birch twig, branching here and there. Ledgelike projections on the surface of the cornea appear to correspond to these lines.1 Symptoms of inflammation were insignificant, and at most included slight congestion and photophobia. The disease ran a long and painless course, eventually resulting in serious impairment of vision. Biber

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