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Corneal arcus is a lipid-rich and predominantly extracellular deposit that forms at the corneoscleral limbus. It represents the most common peripheral corneal opacity and is not associated with ...

Iron lines of the corneal epithelium are well-described phenomena in both normal and pathologic conditions. We found a bilateral corneal epithelial iron line at the inner edge of a juvenile ...

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This is called a corneal arcus, and is more likely to be a sign of FH if the person who has it is younger. Another sign, called tendon xanthomata, leads to swelling in areas like your knuckles ...

In addition, Kodachrome eye photographs were made in many cases, and black-and-white photographs were made in all cases. Several degrees of arcus, as recorded by us, are shown in Figures 1 and 2.