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Posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy caused by a de novo deletion
S Odent1, I Casteels1, C Cassiman1
1a Department of Ophthalmology , KU Leuven - University of Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
Abstract:
We present a newborn diagnosed with posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy (PACD). PACD is a rare disorder with partial or complete posterior lamellar corneal opacification. Genetic screening showed a deletion of chromosome 12q21.33-q22 containing the identified four small leucine-rich proteoglycans (SLRP's) associated with this particular dystrophy. Neither parents were carrier of the deletion. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a de novo mutation causing PACD.

