Postoperative recurrence of Reis-Bücklers' corneal dystrophy

A 68-year-old white man with a documented family history of Reis-Bücklers' corneal dystrophy had a penetrating keratoplasty of the right eye in 1962. In 1977, vision decreased and foreign body sensation returned. Examination indicated a Reis-Bücklers' dystrophy that had appeared in the graft 15 years after the transplant.