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.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

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.

External links

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