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Eye Diseases > Corneal Diseases > Keratoconus

Preferred term

Keratoconus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Degeneration, Pellucid Marginal
  • Keratoglobus
  • Marginal Degeneration, Pellucid
  • Pellucid Marginal Degeneration
  • Pellucid Marginal Degenerations

Note

  • cone-shaped protrusion of cornea

Scope note

  • A noninflammatory, usually bilateral protrusion and thinning of the CORNEA, the apex being displaced downward and nasally. It occurs most commonly in females at about puberty. Two closely related noninflammatory corneal ectasias are pellucid marginal degeneration and keratoglobus.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007640

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