Posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy

Posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy (PACD, posterior amorphous stromal dystrophy) is a rare form of human corneal dystophy

Corneal dystrophy (human)

Human corneal dystrophy is a group of disorders, characterised by a noninflammatory, inherited, bilateral opacity of the transparent front part of the human eye called the cornea...

. It is not yet linked to any chromosomal locus. The first case report

Case report

In medicine, a case report is a detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient. Case reports may contain a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describe an unusual or novel occurrence....

describing this dystrophy dates back to 1977.

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