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Fibrous ingrowth with retrocorneal membrane.

S E Bloomfield·F A Jakobiec·T Iwamoto
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Abstract

A case of retrocorneal fibrous membrane is reported in a patient who underwent cataract extraction and experienced a postoperative hyphema. A distinctive straw-colored appearance to the membrane was due to blood staining. A penetrating keratoplasty with extensive anterior segment surgery restored the eye to useful vision. The penetrating keratoplasty specimen disclosed an unusual double-layered retrocorneal fibrous membrane, produced in part by a vascularized fibrous ingrowth and also by fibroblastic transformation of the corneal endothelial cells.

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S E Bloomfield, F A Jakobiec, T Iwamoto. 1981. Fibrous ingrowth with retrocorneal membrane.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0161-6420(81)35003-9

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