Table 5.
In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Cornea Findings as Described in Various Types of Mucopolysaccharidosis
| Type | Corneal features on in vivo confocal microscopy |
|---|---|
| MPS IV (Stewart S et al.[28]) | Normal corneal epithelium and sub-basal nerves. |
| Anterior and mid-stroma show diffuse, irregular hyperreflectivity. Keratocyte cytoplasm has a granular appearance and rounded nuclei with vacuoles, concentrated in the posterior stroma. | |
| Endothelium is unaffected. | |
| MPS I-S (Grupcheva CN et al.[29]) | Basal epithelium contains brightly appearing cells. |
| Keratocytes in mid stroma appear round or elliptical and with well-defined hyporeflective centers. | |
| Anterior Descemet layer contains hyperreflective, round bodies. | |
| MPS VI | Epithelium and Bowman’s layer is unaffected. |
| (Patel DV et al.[30]) | Keratocytes with different shapes and hyporeflective regions occupy posterior stromal layers. |
| Endothelium is unaffected. |