ENDOTHELIAL CELL VACUOLATION IN THE CORNEA

Abstract

IN a recent study of the drainage channels through the trabecular meshwork (Speakman, 1959), attention was directed to a remarkable degree of vacuo- lation in the endothelial cells lining the trabecular wall of Schlemm's canal which has also been described in an electron microscopic study of this region by Garron, Feeney, Hogan, and McEwen (1958). Since endothelial cells of the cornea are in direct continuity with those of the meshwork and are more readily studied, a detailed examination of these cells has been made in an attempt to elucidate further the significance of the vacuolation present in the cells lining the inner wall of Schlemm's canal.