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Congenital bilateral folds in Descemet’s membrane with high astigmatism

We present the case of a boy with congenital bilateral folds in Descemet’s membrane, causing high astigmatism and myopia. There are multiple causes of folds and tears in Descemet’s membrane. In our case, the most likely origin is the mother’s prolonged labor, although a severe car accident of the mo...

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Autores principales: Vande Walle, Steffi, Cassiman, Cathérine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32269905
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000134
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Sumario:We present the case of a boy with congenital bilateral folds in Descemet’s membrane, causing high astigmatism and myopia. There are multiple causes of folds and tears in Descemet’s membrane. In our case, the most likely origin is the mother’s prolonged labor, although a severe car accident of the mother at the gestational age of 27 weeks as the cause of these folds cannot be entirely excluded.