[Changes in the conjunctiva and cornea in dialyzed patients]

The author examined 119 patients having regular dialyzation treatment and a control group of 90 healthy subjects, divided into groups by decades. Depending on the intensity of pathological changes, they created four categories; the fifth comprised normal findings. The prepared from the bioptic material of the conjunctiva of two patients preparations which were examined for calcium and amyloid deposits. Pathological changes were found in 74.8%. The authors try to explain the cause of conjunctival and corneal changes, consistent with the theory of hastened ageing in chronic renal failure of patients treated by regular haemodialysis. The so far unique findings of amyloid of the conjunctiva could be possibly used in future for the diagnosis of amyloidosis instead biopsies.