TABLE 4.

Posterior Stromal Dystrophies.

Posterior Stromal Dystrophies	IVCM Findings	Reference / Number of Patients	Type of IVCM
Cornea Farinata	– Highly reflective small particles in the cytoplasm of keratocytes in the deep stroma adjacent to the corneal endothelial layer30	(30) Kobayashi, Ohkubo et al./ 2	(30) Scanning Slit
Pre-Descemet’s dystrophy (PDCD)	– Intra- and extra-cellular hyperreflective inclusions pleomorphic in shape, 30 to 80 μm in size immediately anterior to Descemet’s mem- brane and prominent sub-basal nerves29	(29) Lanza et al./1 (32) Ye et al./ 1	(29) Scanning Slit (32) Scanning Slit
	– Intracellular particles inside enlarged kera- tocytes with abnormally visible intercellular processes.32
	– No involvement of the anterior and mid-stroma29
Fleck’s dystrophy (FCD)	– Intracellular reflective spherical matter 1–18 μm enclosed in cyst-like structures and large 50–110 μm doughnut-like particles in the mid- and posterior stroma5,33,34	(5) Travesi et al./ 2 (33) Pan et al./ 9 (34) Grupscheva et al./ 1	(5) Laser Scanning (33) Scanning Slit (34) Scanning Slit (36) Scanning Slit
	– Basal nerves with hyperreflective inclusions and reduced sub-basal nerves36	(36) Frueh et al./ 3
Central cloudy dystrophy of Francois (CCDF)	– Multiple dark striae in the posterior stroma adja- cent to the endothelium appearing as vertical, horizontal, oblique, or reticular lines37	(37) Kobayashi, Sugiyama et al./ 2	(37) Scanning Slit
Posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy (PACD)	– Microfolds and diffuse hyperreflective sheet-like extracellular opacities with spikes in the deep posterior stroma.38	(38) Erdem et al./ 1	(38) Scanning Slit