corneal dystrophy
MONDO:0018102Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names corneal dystrophy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
The term corneal dystrophy embraces a heterogeneous group of bilateral genetically determined non-inflammatory corneal diseases that are usually restricted to the cornea. The designation is imprecise but remains in vogue because of its clinical value.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018102), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- SPARCL1HGNC:11220
- Limited · PanelApp Australia · Autosomal dominant · 2025
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (13)
- autosomal dominant keratitis
- band keratopathy
- Chandler syndrome
- corneal dystrophy, punctiform and polychromatic pre-descemet
- corneal endothelial dystrophy
- epithelial and subepithelial corneal dystrophy
- epithelial-stromal TGFBI dystrophy
- Finnish type amyloidosis
- Judge Misch wright syndrome
- macular dystrophy, fenestrated sheen type
- posterior corneal dystrophy
- stromal corneal dystrophy
- superficial corneal dystrophy
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: corneal dystrophy
- Also called
- Corneal dystrophiescorneal dystrophy (disease)