Corneal edema secondary to vitreocorneal contact.

Aphakic eyes, some with edematous corneas, and others with corneas free of edema, but all with formed vitreous humor in contact with the corneal endothelium, were studied. Removal of vitreous humor from the anterior chamber by closed vitrectomy resulted in substantial improvement in the state of corneal hydration and, in some cases, in the elimination of clinically notable corneal edema. Specular microscopy showed endothelial abnormalities in the edematous corneas that were not present in corneas with vitreous contact that remained free of edema.

Endothelial mosaic in Fuchs' dystrophy. A qualitative evaluation with the specular microscope.

The progressive morphological changes of cornea guttata in Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy have been characterized by clinical specular photomicroscopy. Five specific stages in the development of excrescences can be discerned using this in vivo technique. Several stages can be observed in the same cornea at a given time, although in most cases the majority of guttate changes seemed to have progressed to the same stage of development.

Uniformity of film development resulting from different processing techniques.

The uniformity of film development was investigated for eight different film developing methods including both hand and machine processes. Film uniformity was quantitated through microdensitometry by scanning rolls of uniformly fogged and developed film with an Olympus MMSP microspectrophotometer and a Photometrics EDP scanning microscope. The results of this study showed that significant differences of uniformity were produced using the different developing methods evaluated.