Microscopia confocal in vivo na cistinose - Relato de caso

Abstract

Cystinosis is a rare recessive autosomic disease characterized by the accumulation of the cystine amino acid inside the lysosomes, and it is generally fatal in the first decade of life in the absence of renal transplant. This study has the purpose to describe the in vivo confocal microscopy findings in a patient with infantile cystinosis. The in vivo confocal microscopy examination showed differences in intensity, size and shapes of the corneal deposits in the several corneal layers.