Deposition of a Descemet-like Layer by Ectopic Corneal Endothelium – Ultrastructure of a Long-term Persistent Double Anterior Chamber after Complicated Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK)

Paul Kohlhas; Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt; Fidelis Flockerzi; Loay Daas; Berthold Seitz; Tim Berger

doi:10.1055/a-2538-5596

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DOI: 10.1055/a-2538-5596

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Deposition of a Descemet-like Layer by Ectopic Corneal Endothelium – Ultrastructure of a Long-term Persistent Double Anterior Chamber after Complicated Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK)

Bildung einer Descemet-ähnlichen Matrixschicht durch ektope korneale Endothelzellen – Ultrastruktur einer lange persistierenden doppelten Vorderkammer nach komplikativer DALK

Paul Kohlhas

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt

²Department of Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

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Fidelis Flockerzi

³Department of Pathology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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Loay Daas

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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Berthold Seitz

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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Tim Berger

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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