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A case of corneal cystinosis in a patient with rickets and chronic renal failure.
Indian journal of ophthalmology - 1 Oct 2015
Won Jae Yon, Hwang Hyung Bin, Chung Sung Kun
Abstract excerpt
A 22-year-old man diagnosed with nephropathic cystinosis at the age of 4 years was found to have progressive bilateral corneal crystal deposition. He presented with severe photophobia and decreased visual acuity. Ocular cystinosis was diagnosed on observing the typical crystals. Optical coherence tomography showed multiple areas of stromal hyperreflectivity due to crystal deposits within the corneal stroma. Ex...
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