Bilateral idiopathic corneal opacity: A report of Ascher ring and a review of the literature

PURPOSE: To present a case of a rare entity of Ascher ring, a bilateral corneal stromal opacification. OBSERVATION: A 70-year-old male with no ocular history who presented for cataract evaluation was found to have idiopathic bilateral circular stromal corneal rings. CONCLUSIONS: After completion of...

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Autores principales: Megalla, M., Li, E., Branden, P., Chow, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101176
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Chow, J.
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description PURPOSE: To present a case of a rare entity of Ascher ring, a bilateral corneal stromal opacification. OBSERVATION: A 70-year-old male with no ocular history who presented for cataract evaluation was found to have idiopathic bilateral circular stromal corneal rings. CONCLUSIONS: After completion of extensive history, examination, imaging analyses, and laboratory studies for workup of corneal opacities, we arrived at a diagnosis of Ascher corneal ring, an extremely rare entity. IMPORTANCE: A rare entity should be considered after excluding other etiologies.
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spelling pubmed-83263422021-08-06 Bilateral idiopathic corneal opacity: A report of Ascher ring and a review of the literature Megalla, M. Li, E. Branden, P. Chow, J. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: To present a case of a rare entity of Ascher ring, a bilateral corneal stromal opacification. OBSERVATION: A 70-year-old male with no ocular history who presented for cataract evaluation was found to have idiopathic bilateral circular stromal corneal rings. CONCLUSIONS: After completion of extensive history, examination, imaging analyses, and laboratory studies for workup of corneal opacities, we arrived at a diagnosis of Ascher corneal ring, an extremely rare entity. IMPORTANCE: A rare entity should be considered after excluding other etiologies. Elsevier 2021-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8326342/ /pubmed/34368499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101176 Text en Published by Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Bilateral idiopathic corneal opacity: A report of Ascher ring and a review of the literature
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title_fullStr Bilateral idiopathic corneal opacity: A report of Ascher ring and a review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral idiopathic corneal opacity: A report of Ascher ring and a review of the literature
title_short Bilateral idiopathic corneal opacity: A report of Ascher ring and a review of the literature
title_sort bilateral idiopathic corneal opacity: a report of ascher ring and a review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101176
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