[Schnyder crystalline dystrophy].

Three cases of Schnyder Crystalline dystrophy of the cornea were reported, one of them was in the incipient stage, the other was in the advanced stage. Both eyes of one advanced case underwent lamellar keratoplasty. Corneal buttons were examined histopathologically. A positive staining was found in the stroma by oil red dye. Electron microscopically , multiple small lucent vacuoles and rod-like structures were present in the stroma. Elevation of total cholesterol and phosphatide serum was found in two out of three cases.