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Published on: November 12, 2015
Bilateral coexistence of keratoconus and macular corneal dystrophy
Ghazi Al-Hamdan1, Sultan Al-Mutairi, Eiman Al-Adwani
1Department of Ophthalmology, Al-Bahar Ophthalmology Centre, State of Kuwait.
Abstract:
Bilateral coexistence of keratoconus and macular corneal dystrophy is a very rare clinical entity. Further elaboration on the possible genetic, histopathologic, pathophysiologic and biochemical correlation is required to study the nature of the condition.The authors hereby report a 21-year-old female who presented with the typical signs and topographic evidence of keratoconus in association with macular corneal dystrophy. Histopathologic evaluation from the excised corneal button after corneal transplant confirmed the diagnosis.To our knowledge, there is only one previous report in the literature linking the association of keratoconus and macular corneal dystrophy in the same eye bilaterally.
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