Concept information
Preferred term
Keratoconus
Type
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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.
In other languages
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Finnish
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keratoconus
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sarveiskalvon kartiopullistuma
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007640
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