01203nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001100051653002100062653001500083653001100098653001200109653000900121653001600130100001600146700001600162700001300178700001100191245009500202300001000297490000800307520062000315022001400935       1980                            d  c198010aCornea10aCorneal Diseases10aHemorrhage10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged1 aYoshimura M1 aSameshima M1 aFujita S1 aOhba N00aBlood staining of the cornea in Hansen's disease. A light- and electron-microscopic study.  a314-90 v1813 a<p>Blood staining of the cornea was studied by light and electron microscopy: a 55-year-old male with Hansen's disease had blood staining of the cornea due to intracorneal hemorrhage; he received a partial-thickness keratoplasty following 1 year after the onset of the staining. The excised specimens revealed deposits of degraded erythrocytes in the stroma. Numerous dense granules, probably of erythrocytic breakdown products, were phagocytosed by macrophages as well as parenchymal cells. The presence of macrophages was limited to the middle part of the stroma in which newly formed vessels were remarkable.</p>  a0030-3755