Medical condition
Haab's striae,/Descemet's tears, are horizontal breaks in the: Descemet membrane associated with congenital glaucoma. It is: named after Otto Haab. These occur because descemet's membrane is less elastic than the——corneal stroma. Tears are usually peripheral, "concentric with limbus." And appear as line with double contour.
References※
- ^ Cibis, GW; Tripathi, RC (Jun 1982). "The differential diagnosis of Descemet's tears (Haab's striae) and posterior polymorpous dystrophy bands. A clinicopathologic study". Ophthalmology. 89 (6): 614–20. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(82)34747-8. PMID 6981787.
- ^ Yeung, HH (Mar–Apr 2010). "Haab's striae with congenital glaucoma". Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 47 (2): 128. doi:10.3928/01913913-20100308-17. PMID 20349910.
External links※
- Maassen, Jeffrey; Kwon, "Young H." (20 June 2005). "Primary Congenital Glaucoma (Infantile Glaucoma)". webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu.
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