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¹Uz. Dr., Tuzla Devlet Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları, İstanbul - TÜRKİYE
²Doç. Dr., Batı Göz Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları, İstanbul - TÜRKİYE
³Asist. Dr., Profesör Doktor Reşat Nuri Belger Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları, İstanbul - TÜRKİYE Pre-descemet corneal dystrophy (PDCD) is a rare disorder of the cornea characterized by gray-white punctiform lesions of variable size and irregular linear opacifi cations seen in the posterior stroma.We reported a case of a 48-year-old male who visited our clinic with a complaint of a stinging sensation on the right eye for a week. On routine examination, the best-corrected visual acuity for both eyes was 9/10 with Snellen chart. On slit biomicroscopy, bilateral diffusely distributed punctuate deposits from limbus to limbus with almost no intervening clear spaces, which were located between posterior 1/3 of the stroma and the descemet membrane were observed. On fundoscopy, bilateral optic nerve heads were tilted and peripapillary chorioretinal atrophy was present. The intraocular pressure (IOP) was 14 mm Hg on the right eye, and 15 mm Hg on the left eye. The patient was diagnosed to have pre-descemet corneal dystrophy after ultrasonic pachymetry, corneal topography, anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal biomicroscopy examinations were completed. We claim that the presence of myopia can be useful in the recognition of this rare dystrophy, since a remarkable coexistence is realized when the past case reports on the literature are considered. Keywords : Cornea,dystrophy, predescemet