PURPOSE: To report a child with a microcornea complicated by bullous keratopathy and to present the results of a developmental and histological investigation of a microcornea. METHODS: Clinical and histopathological examination. RESULTS: Histopathological examination of the microcornea showed that the microcornea of our case lacked the non-banded zone of Descemet's layer and formed collagenous layer and secondary Descemet's membrane. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates that histological finding of microcornea is not necessarily normal.
PURPOSE: To report a child with a microcornea complicated by bullous keratopathy and to present the results of a developmental and histological investigation of a microcornea. METHODS: Clinical and histopathological examination. RESULTS: Histopathological examination of the microcornea showed that the microcornea of our case lacked the non-banded zone of Descemet's layer and formed collagenous layer and secondary Descemet's membrane. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates that histological finding of microcornea is not necessarily normal.