PHOTOGRAPHY WITH INFRA-RED FILM Dekking (1933, 1934) published several photographs of eyes with dense corneal opacities using infra-red film and radiation of a wave-length of about 10,000 A.u. His photographs strikingly demonstrated how infra-red radiation could penetrate a dense corneal opacity, and clearly record the appearance of the iris and pupil, which were invisible by ordinary methods o...

PURPOSE To investigate corneal abnormalities in heterozygous Pax6(+/Sey-Neu) (Pax6(+/-), small eye) mice and compare them with aniridia-related keratopathy in PAX6(+/-) patients. METHODS Fetal and postnatal corneal histopathology, adult corneal thickness, and the distribution of K12-immunostained cells were compared in wild-type and Pax6(+/-) mice. RESULTS Prenatally, the corneal epithelium...

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of trypan blue for enhancing visualisation during phacoemulsification and foldable lens implantation in cases of cataract with corneal opacities. Methods: 11 eyes of 11 patients with nebulomacular corneal opacities involving the visual axis with partially and visually debilitating cataract underwent trypan blue assisted phacoemulsification with foldable intraocular...

Rotating Scheimpflug imaging technology is used by instruments such as the Pentacam (Oculus) to measure the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces, as well as other anterior segment structures. Initially, Scheimpflug photography was used to obtain images of lens opacities for objective evaluation, but Pentacam-Scheimpflug camera is much wider in its clinical applications as a diagnostic tool f...

Clinical and biochemical manifestations of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency include an abnormal lipid profile (characterized by hypercholesterolemia with markedly decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C] and hypertriglyceridemia), corneal opacities, hematologic abnormalities (normochromic anemia of varying intensity), splenomegaly, variable early coronary art...

PHOTOGRAPHY WITH INFRA-RED FILM Dekking (1933, 1934) published several photographs of eyes with dense corneal opacities using infra-red film and radiation of a wave-length of about 10,000 A.u. His photographs strikingly demonstrated how infra-red radiation could penetrate a dense corneal opacity, and clearly record the appearance of the iris and pupil, which were invisible by ordinary methods o...

Familial lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive (AR) disease caused by mutation in the LCAT gene. LCAT enzyme esterifies cholesterol molecules in high-density lipoprotein(HDL) and low density-lipoprotein (LDL) particles. This enzyme deficiency is characterised by progressive corneal opacification, glomerulopathy, mild - moderate haemolytic anaemia a...