Macular corneal dystrophy
CORNEAL DYSTROPHY THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY CORNEAL HAZE, SEVERE PHOTOPHOBIA AT NIGHT ,GRADUAL VISION IMPAIRMENT ,BILATERAL LOSS OF VISION, EVENTUALLY NECESSITATING CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION RESULTING FROM PROGRESSIVE PUNCTATE OPACITIES IN THE CORNEA
Groenouw Type II corneal dystrophy; Fehr corneal dystrophy; Type II Groenow's dystrophy
Macular corneal dystrophy, also known as Fehr corneal dystrophy named for German ophthalmologist Oskar Fehr (1871-1959), is a rare pathological condition affecting the stroma of cornea. The first signs are usually noticed in the first decade of life, and progress afterwards, with opacities developing in the cornea and attacks of pain.