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SUBMITTER: Won JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4728978 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Won Jae Yon JY Hwang Hyung Bin HB Chung Sung Kun SK
Indian journal of ophthalmology 20151001 10
A 22-year-old man diagnosed with nephropathic cystinosis at the age of 4 years was found to have progressive bilateral corneal crystal deposition. He presented with severe photophobia and decreased visual acuity. Ocular cystinosis was diagnosed on observing the typical crystals. Optical coherence tomography showed multiple areas of stromal hyperreflectivity due to crystal deposits within the corneal stroma. Ex vivo transmission electron microscopy of the cornea showed pathognomonic crystal depos ...[more]