what is congenital sclerocornea?
- Neovascularization: Congenital or progressive? Lindsay A. Sicks, O.D. Sclerocornea is a rare congenital anomaly where the clear corneal tissue is replaced by vascularized scleral tissue. The scleralization can involve the entire cornea or just the periphery, to varying degrees1. It is often seen in conjunction with 1,2cornea plana . Cornea plana is another congenital corneal anomaly that occurs in autosomal dominant and recessive forms. Patients may present with a variety of clinical signs including: high hyperopia, a large corneal radius of curvature, slight microcornea, sclerocornea, a widened limbal zone, a shallow anterior chamber,