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Case Reports: Rare disease
Deep blue dot corneal degeneration: a rare corneal degeneration
  1. Sohini Mandal1,
  2. Pranita Sahay2,
  3. Ritu Nagpal1 and
  4. Prafulla Kumar Maharana1
  1. 1Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  2. 2Ophthalmology, Centre for Sight, Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Prafulla Kumar Maharana; drpraful13{at}gmail.com

Abstract

A female patient in the age group 55–60 years presented to us with blurring of vision in both eyes. On slit-lamp examination, numerous circular to oval fleck-like discrete blue opacities at the level of deep corneal stroma and Descemet’s membrane was observed. These lesions were predominantly seen in the central two-thirds of the cornea. Considering the age of presentation and the clinical features, the probable diagnosis of ‘deep blue dot corneal degeneration’ was made.

  • Ophthalmology
  • Anterior chamber

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-248458

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    • Contributors SM: manuscript writing, PS: conception of idea, RN: acquisition of data, PKM: conception and design.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.