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OPHTHALMIC IMAGE
Year : 2020  |  Volume : 68  |  Issue : 8  |  Page : 1663-1664

Multimodal imaging in paraproteinemic keratopathy


1 Department of Ophthalmology, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
2 Department of Ophthalmology; Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Date of Web Publication24-Jul-2020

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Dr. Gerami D Seitzman
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2029_19

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Pasricha ND, Lee MD, Seitzman GD. Multimodal imaging in paraproteinemic keratopathy. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:1663-4

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Pasricha ND, Lee MD, Seitzman GD. Multimodal imaging in paraproteinemic keratopathy. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2020 [cited 2024 Mar 29];68:1663-4. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/text.asp?2020/68/8/1663/290410



A 56-year-old female presented for follow-up examination for paraproteinemic keratopathy. Seven years prior, she presented with numerous asymptomatic peripheral corneal stromal nummular lesions in both eyes [Figure 1]a, [Figure 1]b, [Figure 1]c. Transforming growth factor, beta-induced (TGFBI) corneal dystrophy genetic tests were negative. She was referred to the Hematology/Oncology service and diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).[1] Despite no obvious crystalline component on clinical examination, using in vivo confocal microscopy we were able to illustrate a crystalline structure to these corneal lesions [Figure 1]d.[2] The patient has remained asymptomatic with best-corrected Snellen visual acuity of 20/20 in each eye.[3] In summary, paraproteinemic keratopathy may be the presenting sign of any systemic disease with paraproteinemia and confocal microscopy may be helpful in the characterization of paraproteinemic keratopathy.[1],[4],[5]
Figure 1: (a) Retroillumination slit lamp photo of peripheral corneal nummular stromal lesions. (b) Cross-sectional slit lamp photo highlighting the predominantly anterior stromal location. (c) Anterior segment OCT demonstrating both anterior (top) and posterior (bottom) stromal lesions. (d) In vivo confocal microscopy demonstrating a crystalline morphology of the corneal lesions

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Conflicts of interest

Gerami Seitzman, MD consults for Dompe Pharmaceuticals (not relevant to this article).



 
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