[Association between macular corneal dystrophy and high myopia in two sisters]

PURPOSE OF THE PAPER: To report a rare association between Groenow type II macular corneal dystrophy and degree myopia, as encountered in two non-twin sisters. We conducted a clinical surveillance of the morbid ophthalmological manifestations presented by two non-twin sisters. These manifestations occurred in an almost identical manner over time. An isolated case of this pathological coexistence would have been dismissed as a morbid coincidence without any particular significance. However, its presence at the only daughters of a family made us look for further reports of such cases in scientific literature, but our search ended without any similar findings. The lack of similar reports of coexistence between macular corneal dystrophy and high degree myopia at members of the same family could indicate the possibility of this being the description of a rare syndrome.