Description

Crystalline substances may be deposited within the cornea.


 

Paraprotein-related:

(1) cryloglobulinemia

(2) multiple myeloma

(3) Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia

 

Drugs and chemicals:

(1) indomethacin

(2) chloroquine

(3) thoridazine

(4) chlofazimine

(5) subconjunctival 5-fluoruracil

 

Metabolic compounds:

(1) hyperuricemia (gout)

(2) hyperbilirubinemia

(3) calcium oxalate

(4) cholesterol (secondary to corneal neovascularization)

(5) renal failure/uremia

(6) cystinosis (Lignac-Fanconi Syndrome)

(7) hyperparathyroidism

 

Crystalline dystrophies and retinopathies:

(1) Bietti marginal crystalline dystrophy

(2) crystalline dystrophy of Schnyder

(3) crystalline retinopathy

(4) infectious crystalline retinopathy

 

Miscellaneous:

(1) post-keratoplasty (Kaye dots)

(2) renal transplant rejection treated with steroids

 


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