Spontaneous acute corneal hydrops in a patient with previously undetected unilateral pellucid marginal degeneration
2014
ABSTRACT: Acute corneal hydrops is a rare complication caused by a rupture in Descemet’s
membrane as a result of progressive corneal thinning, normally due to advanced forms
of corneal ectatic disorders.We report a case of unilateral pellucid marginal degeneration
(PMD) which presented as acute corneal hydrops in a 56-year-old woman with no history
of ocular or systemic disease.
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