Haab's striae

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.

References

^ 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.

External links

Maassen, Jeffrey; Kwon, Young H. (20 June 2005). "Primary Congenital Glaucoma (Infantile Glaucoma)". webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu.

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

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