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The most common corneal pathology is the development of small, white to golden spheroids located in the stroma and composed of protein, RNA, and collagen (1). These bodies can appear spontaneously in the cornea and conjunctiva of the aged or around the site of corneal and conjunctival trauma (2). The spheroids of the aged have different corneal patterns, depending on the person’s geographic location or insulting agent (3). Until an etiologic or chemical structure is known, we prefer the descriptive term of spheroid degeneration of the cornea and conjunctiva.
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Hanna, C. (1978). A Common Ocular Pathology Spheroidal Degeneration Of the Cornea and Conjunctiva. In: Cool, S.J., Smith, E.L. (eds) Frontiers in Visual Science. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35397-3_4
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