Bullous Keratopathy, a severe edema of the corneal stroma and epithelium with a characteristic bulla formation on the corneal surface, is a rare opthalmological emergency in cats. Rapidly progressive and uncontrollable by medical means, this condition will result in corneal perforation hours after initial presentation if left unattended. Its pathophysiology and treatment options are reviewed in...

Preoperative and postoperative endothelial cell morphology was examined in three types of patients participating in a randomised, controlled trial of cataract surgery. The first sustained modest endothelial cell loss and served as controls, the second and third sustained high cell loss, but only the latter progressed to bullous keratopathy. The technique of examining endothelial cell morphology...

BACKGROUND To evaluate clinical outcomes of Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) for severe bullous keratopathy that develop as a late complication of endothelial injury to the baby during forceps delivery at birth. CASE PRESENTATIONS Four eyes (four patients; mean age, 51.5 years) with severe bullous keratopathy as a late complication of forceps delivery at birth w...

The cornea remains in a state of deturgescence, maintained by the endothelial cell Na+/K+ ATPase and by tight junctions between endothelial cells that limit the entrance of fluid into the stroma. By maintaining an optimum level of corneal hydration, endothelial cells preserve the ordered arrangement of collagen fibers, which is crucial for corneal transparency. Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystro...