[Crystalline corneal dystrophy (Schnyder) in the presence of familial type IIa hyperlipoproteinaemia (author's transl)].

Abstract

A family with dominant autosomal hyperlipoproteinaemia typ IIa is reported. One sibling, a 19-year-old man, showed in addition to the hyperlipoproteinaemia typical corneal signs of crystalline corneal dystrophy of Schnyder. From 1964 to 1976 these corneal deposits increased. The problems of hyperlipoproteinaemia combined with corneal crystalline dystrophy are discussed.