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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2009 Jun;28(5):589–593. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818c9003

Table 1.

Reported cases of keratoconus associated with corneal amyloidosis

Study Number of patients Location of stromal amyloid PAS Masson Trichrome Congo red Tests for secondary amyloid
McPherson et al.11 1 Superficial Not done Not done + Not done
McPherson et al.10 3 Superficial and mid stromal Done, but PAS staining of amyloid deposits not described Not done + Not done
Stern et al.13 1 Superficial, mid and deep stromal Not done Not done + Not done
Present Study 2 Superficial, mid and deep stromal + + + Prealbumin (−), lysozyme (−), kappa and lambda light chains (−), TGFBIp (+)