Frequency of corneal dystrophies on the basis of histopathology in surgically removed corneas

Objective: to assess the frequency of corneal dystrophies on the basis of histopathology in surgically-removed corneas. methods: the descriptive study was conducted at foundation university medical college,islamabad,and al shifa eye hospital,rawalpindi,pakistan,from may to october 2011,and comprised post-keratoplasty corneal specimen irrespective of age and gender. the surgically-removed corneas were processed according to the standard guidelines of histopathological processing. the histopathological sections were examined for various corneal dystrophies. data was recorded on a proforma and was analysed using spss 17. results: of the 63 patients in the study,12(19%) were diagnosed as having corneal dystrophies. in these 12 patients,6(50%)were diagnosed as stromal corneal dystrophies and 5(42%)had posterior corneal dystrophies,and 1(8%)had anterior corneal dystrophy. conclusion: histopathological examination of corneas is a reliable method to diagnose and classify corneal dystrophies. © 2015,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.