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Jun/Jul 2015 Quiz
By Hardeep Singh Mudhar

1 June 2015 | Hardeep Singh Mudhar | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
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  • A 35-year-old male presents with bilateral corneal opacities. Examination shows a honeycomb-type dystrophy. A penetrating keratoplasty is performed and the specimen sent for ophthalmic histopathological assessment.
  • Figure 1 is the haemotoxylin & eosin (H&E).
  • Figure 2 is a Masson trichrome stain.
  • Figure 3 is a transmission electron micrograph of the pathology shown in Figures 1 and 2.

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Figure 3.

 

Questions

 

1. What are the key features on the H&E?
2. What does the Masson trichrome show?
3. What does the electron micrograph display?
4. What is the likeliest diagnosis?
5. What is the H&E differential diagnosis?

 

 

 

 

 

Answers

 

1. Sub-epithelial eosinophilic diffuse deposit with some in the anterior stroma, with epithelial atrophy. 2. Masson’s trichrome positive deposits matching the distribution on the H&E.
3. Electron dense rhomboidal deposits.
4. This is a good example of Reiss Buckler dystrophy (BIG-H3 family), which is essentially an anterior variant of granular dystrophy.
5. The main H&E differential is Thiel Behnke dystrophy, secondary amyloid deposits and primary gelatinous drop-like dystrophy. Thiel Behnke shows thin curly fibres on electron microscopy; amyloid deposits are Congo Red positive and show a distinctive fibrillar architecture on electron microscopy.

 

 

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Hardeep Singh Mudhar

HSOPS, Histopathology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK

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EYE NEWS VOLUME 22 ISSUE 1 JUNE/JULY 2015
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