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Corneal Ulcer, Rheumatic Polyarthritis

Corneal Ulcer, Rheumatic Polyarthritis
Bland chronic (as indicated by the vessels) corneal ulcer with beginning descemetocele in a patient with rheumatoid polyarthritis. The corneal tissue has melted away without much cellular infiltration. No hypopyon.
Meyer, HJ., Prof. Dr. med., Osnabrueck, Germany
H16.0
Cornea -> Keratitis, Keratouveitis (Infectious/Non-Infectious/Neuroparalytic/Parasitic) -> Ulcerative Keratitis, Corneal Ulcer -> Rheumatic Corneal Ulcer
cornea
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