The authors report on 48 eyes drawn from the histological material of Hamburg University Eye Clinic, which were enucleated because of painful secondary narrow-angle glaucoma, phthisis bulbi resulting from accidents, or iatrogenic trauma, and which were found to have a retrocorneal membrane. The clinical and histopathological pictures are presented and the pathogenesis is discussed.
In a case of keratotorus on both sides with extreme thinning of the cornea first a lamellar and in a second sitting a perforating keratoplasty was performed. Surgical approach and postoperative results are discussed.
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