[Observations on the mode of distribution of cholesterol in cholesterolosis bulbi (author's transl)]

Clinical and histological findings are described together with the mode of distribution of the cholesterol crystals that could be traced in the anterior chamber, iris, corpus ciliare, vitreous body, retina and choroid. No crystals were found in the cornea, sclera or lens. In the patient's medical history was a trauma that had occurred 37 years before. Histologically, macrophages were visible in the iron reaction. Since these macrophages contained siderous pigment, an intraocular haemorrhage probably played an important role in the development of the crystals.