Descemet's membrane
... (or the Descemet membrane) is the basement membrane that lies between the corneal proper substance, also ... Descemet's membrane, as the basement membrane for the endothelial layer, is secreted by the single layer of squamous epithelial ... The surgeon can scrape away the damaged Descemet membrane and insert/transplant a new membrane harvested from the eye of a ... "Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty versus Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty for corneal ...
Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty
"Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)". "DMAEK (Descemet's Membrane Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty). EyeRounds. ... Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) is a method of corneal transplantation. The DMEK technique involves the ... The two corneal layers which are exchanged are the Descemet's membrane and the corneal endothelium. The person's corneal tissue ... Corneal transplantation#Endothelial keratoplasty Corneal transplantation#DSEK/DSAEK/DMEK "Descemet Membrane Endothelial ...
Corneal transplantation
Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) is the most recent EK technique in which an isolated Descemet's membrane is ... "Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty versus Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty for corneal ... Ang, Marcus; Wilkins, Mark R.; Mehta, Jodhbir S.; Tan, Donald (1 January 2016). "Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty". ... in which the diseased Descemet's membrane is removed and replaced by a healthy donor posterior transplant. The transplant ...
Marie Jakus
The Fine Structure of Descemet's Membrane". The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology. 2 (4): 243-252. doi:10.1083/ ... and Descemet's membrane in the cornea. Jakus joined the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (NINDB) in ...
Bowman's layer
Refractive surgery Descemet's membrane Kenyon, KR. Morphology and pathologic responses of the cornea to disease. In: Smolin G, ... The Bowman's layer (Bowman's membrane, anterior limiting lamina, anterior elastic lamina) is a smooth, acellular, ... Bowman's layer is not a true basement membrane, despite being originally referred to as such. ... randomly oriented collagen fibrils in which the smooth anterior surface faces the epithelial basement membrane and the ...
Corneal opacity
Traumatic breaks in Descemet membrane may cause corneal opacity. Injuries to Descemet membrane occur during delivery. Opacity ... Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty: DALK may be considered in deep opacities with normal endothelium and descemet's membrane. ... PPMD patients with bilateral, corneal opacities that can affect vision, descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty or ... is an autosomal dominant disorder of the corneal endothelium and Descemet's membrane. It is usually present in the second or ...
Schwalbe's line
Specifically, it represents the termination of Descemet's membrane. In many cases it can be seen via gonioscopy. Some evidence ...
Radial keratotomy
Sato, T (1939). "Treatment of conical cornea (incision of Descemet's membrane)". Acta Soc Ophthalmol Jpn (in Japanese). 43: 544 ...
Pilocarpine
Parker J (2017). Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK): A Review (PDF) (Thesis). Leiden University. Ahmed E (2010 ...
Wilson's disease
This is due to copper deposition in Descemet's membrane. These rings can be either dark brown, golden, or reddish-green, are 1 ... A transporter protein on the cells of the small bowel, copper membrane transporter 1 (Ctr1; SLC31A1), carries copper inside the ... with Wilson's disease and decompensated CLD Diffuse illumination of cornea Copper deposition on corneal Descemet's membrane The ... or direct damage to cell membranes. Wilson's disease may be suspected on the basis of any of the symptoms mentioned above, or ...
Stroma of cornea
It is between Bowman's layer anteriorly, and Descemet's membrane posteriorly. At its centre, a human corneal stroma is composed ...
Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy
Histologically, the Descemet's membrane in CHED becomes diffusely thickened and laminated. Multiple layers of basement membrane ... material appear to form on the posterior part of Descemet's membrane. The endothelial cells are sparse - they become atrophic ...
Haab's striae
... , or Descemet's tears, are horizontal breaks in the Descemet membrane associated with congenital glaucoma. It is ... These occur because descemet's membrane is less elastic than the corneal stroma. Tears are usually peripheral, concentric with ... Cibis, GW; Tripathi, RC (Jun 1982). "The differential diagnosis of Descemet's tears (Haab's striae) and posterior polymorpous ...
Fuchs' dystrophy
"Repeat Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty after Complicated Primary Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty". ... The corneal endothelial cell layer and its basement membrane (Descemet's membrane) act as a barrier to hydration of the corneal ... "Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty versus Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty for corneal ... In FED, Descemet's membrane is grossly thickened with accumulation of abnormal wide-spaced collagen and numerous guttae. ...
Corneal ulcers in animals
Posterior to the stroma is Descemet's membrane, which is a basement membrane for the corneal endothelium. The endothelium is a ... Descemetoceles occur when the ulcer extends through the stroma, exposing Descemet's membrane. This type of ulcer is especially ... Descemet's membrane will bulge forward and after staining will appear as a dark circle with a green boundary, because it does ... They are believed to be caused by a defect in the basement membrane and a lack of hemidesmosomal attachments. They are ...
Corneal-cerebellar syndrome
Other symptoms include corneal edema, thickening of Descemet membrane, and degenerative pannus. Abnormalities were found in ...
Amblyopia
Angell LK, Robb RM, Berson FG (December 1981). "Visual prognosis in patients with ruptures in Descemet's membrane due to ...
Bullous keratopathy
Stuart AJ, Virgili G, Shortt AJ (2016). "Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty versus Descemet's stripping automated ... and Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). Keratopathy is common in older people. Keratopathy occurs after ... The most common types of surgical treatment are Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) ...
Fungal keratitis
The fungus can break through the descemet's membrane and pass into the anterior chamber. The patient presents a few days or ...
Corneal dystrophy
In posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy small vesicles appear at the level of Descemet membrane. Most patients remain ... The characteristic clinical findings are excrescences on a thickened Descemet membrane (cornea guttae), generalized corneal ... shaped punctate opacities of variable shape in the central deep corneal stroma immediately anterior to Descemet membrane were ... and has classified disease into four groups as follows: Epithelial basement membrane dystrophy Epithelial recurrent erosion ...
Microkeratome
Stuart AJ, Virgili G, Shortt AJ (2016). "Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty versus Descemet's stripping automated ... The microkeratome is also used in Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK), where it is used to slice a ...
Collagen, type VIII, alpha 1
"Extracellular matrix components in retrocorneal fibrous membrane in comparison to corneal endothelium and Descemet's membrane ... The gene product is a short chain collagen and a major component of the basement membrane of the corneal endothelium. The type ...
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
Hassall-Henle bodies: transparent growths in the periphery of the Descemet's membrane of the eye. Henle's fissure: fibrous ... Henle's membrane: Bruch's layer forming inner boundary of the choroid of the eye. Henle's sheath: connective tissue which ... serous membranes, kidney, eye, nails, central nervous system, etc. He discovered the loop of Henle and Henle's tubules, two ...
Keratoconus
In advanced cases, bulging of the cornea can result in a localized rupture of Descemet's membrane, an inner layer of the cornea ... Aqueous humor from the eye's anterior chamber seeps into the cornea before Descemet's membrane reseals. The patient experiences ... the person's rearmost endothelium layer and the Descemet's membrane are left, giving some additional structural integrity to ...
Dua's layer
Descemet's membrane was surgically removed, causing the air bubble to dissipate in some specimens ("type II bubbles"), but not ... The images showed a thin layer of corneal collagen between the corneal stroma and Descemet's membrane. The findings were ... and located between the corneal stroma and Descemet's membrane. Despite its thinness, the layer is very strong and impervious ... Their further investigation of this pre-Descemet stroma confirms that it is stroma, and not a new corneal layer...[D]espite ...
Kayser-Fleischer ring
They are due to copper deposition in the Descemet's membrane as a result of particular liver diseases. They are named after ... The rings, which consist of copper deposits where the cornea meets the sclera, in Descemet's membrane, first appear as a ...
Cornea
... descemet's membrane: (also posterior limiting membrane): a thin acellular layer that serves as the modified basement membrane ... with special reference to bowman's layer and descemet's membrane in mammals and amphibians". Journal of Morphology. 254 (3): ... When discussed as a separate entity from the subepithelial basement membrane, Bowman's Layer can be described as an acellular, ... 2.) bowman's layer : (also known as the anterior limiting membrane): when discussed in lieu of a subepithelial basement ...
Gustav Albert Schwalbe
... which is a circular ridge consisting of collagenous fibers surrounding the outer margin of Descemet's membrane; and "Schwalbe's ...
Posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy
... characterised by changes in Descemet's membrane and endothelial layer. Symptoms mainly consist of decreased vision due to ...
Cochliobolus lunatus
Endophthalmitis can result from deep fungal keratitis caused by C. lunatus, where the Descemet's membrane is penetrated and ...