QUERATOPATÍA LIPOIDEA PRIMARIA BILATERAL PRIMARY BILATERAL LIPID KERATOPATHY

Case report: Observational, case report study. A 45-year-old woman complained of bilateral irritation and photophobia since childhood. Slit-lamp examination revealed yellow-whitish deposits involving the deep stroma of the peripheral half of the cornea in both eyes. The evolution was slowly progressive with a moderate impairment of her visual acuity. Discussion: Lipid deposits adopt symmetric and bilateral configurations; the absence of corneal vascularization and ocular pathology as well as any lipoprotein disorder support the diagnosis of primary lipid keratopathy. The slow progressing disease is also confirmed (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2009; 84: 263-266).

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