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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Guttae in Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy

Guttae in Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy

Category(ies): Cornea
Contributor: Jesse Vislisel, MD
Photographer: Brice Critser, CRA

Guttae, Latin for "drops," are excrescences of collagen produced by stressed corneal endothelial cells. They can have a dimpled or "beaten metal" appearance at the slit lamp. When found as an age-related change in the corneal periphery of normal individuals they are termed Hassall-Henle bodies.