Haab's striae
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Haab's striae, or Descemet's tears, are horizontal breaks in the Descemet membrane associated with congenital glaucoma.
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Named after Otto Haab
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It is named after Otto Haab .
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Occur because Descemet's membrane is less elastic than the corneal stroma
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These occur because descemet's membrane is less elastic than the corneal stroma.
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Tears are usually peripheral, concentric with limbus and appear as line with double contour
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Tears are usually peripheral, concentric with limbus and appear as line with double contour.
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Haab's striae, or Descemet's tears, are horizontal breaks in the Descemet membrane[1] associated with congenital glaucoma.[2] It is named after Otto Haab. These occur because descemet's membrane is less elastic than the corneal stroma. Tears are usually peripheral, concentric with limbus and appear as line with double contour.[citation needed]
- ↑ Cibis, GW; Tripathi, RC (Jun 1982). "The differential diagnosis of Descemet's tears (Haab's striae) and posterior polymorpous dystrophy bands. A clinicopathologic study". Ophthalmology. 89 (6): 614–20. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(82)34747-8. PMID 6981787.
- ↑ Yeung, HH (Mar–Apr 2010). "Haab's striae with congenital glaucoma". Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 47 (2): 128. doi:10.3928/01913913-20100308-17. PMID 20349910.
- Maassen, Jeffrey; Kwon, Young H. (20 June 2005). "Primary Congenital Glaucoma (Infantile Glaucoma)". webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu.