Study material

1. Corneal Degenerations
Presented by:- Gauri Shankar Saini
MBBS

2. Introduction
• The conditions in which normal cells undergo some degenerative
changes under the influence of age or some pathological condition.

3. Classification
• A. Depending upon location
a. Axial corneal Degenerations
1.fatty degeneration
2.Hyaline degeneration
3.Amyloidosis
4. Calcific Degeneration
5. Salzmann’s degeneration

4. Contd.
b. Peripheral Degeneratios
1. Arcus senilis
2. Vogts white limbal girdle
3. Hassall – Henle bodies
4. Terrien’s marginal degeneration
5. Mooren’s ulcer
6. Pellucid marginal degeneration
7. Furrow degeneration

5. B. Depending upon etiology
a. Age related Degenerations
1. Arcus senilis
2. Vogt’s white limbal girdle
3. Hassall – Henle bodies
4. Mosaic degeneration

6. Cont.
b. Pathological degeneration
1. Fatty degeneration
2. Amyloidosis
3. Calcific degeneration
4. Salzmann’s degeneration
5. Furrow degeneration
6. Spheroidal degeneration
7. Pellucid marginal degeneration
8. Terrien’s marginal degeneration
9. Moorens ulcer