macular corneal dystrophy

macular corneal dystrophy
a recessively transmitted form of corneal dystrophy occurring during the first or second decade, characterized by macular opacities with indistinct irregular borders, between which the stroma is cloudy. Called also Groenouw type II corneal d.

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