Corneal mucus plaques

Frederick T. Fraunfelder; Peter Wright; Ramesh C. Tripathi

doi:10.1016/0002-9394(77)90616-X

Corneal mucus plaques

Frederick T. Fraunfelder
, Peter Wright
, Ramesh C. Tripathi

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Abstract

Corneal mucus plaques adhered to the anterior corneal surface in 17 of 67 advanced cases of keratoconjunctivitis sicca. The plaques were translucent to opaque and varied in size and shape, from multiple isolated islands to bizarre patterns involving more than half the corneal surface. Ultrastructurally, they consisted of mucus mixed with desquamated degenerating epithelial cells and proteinaceous and lipoidal material. The condition may be symptomatic but can be controlled and prevented in most cases by topical ocular application of 10% acetylcysteine.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	191-193
Number of pages	3
Journal	American journal of ophthalmology
Volume	83
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9394(77)90616-X
State	Published - Feb 1977
Externally published	Yes

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