Reproduced, with permission, from Wang MX, Corneal Dystrophies and Degenerations: A Molecular Genetics Approach (Ophthalmology Monographs, 16), American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2003
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Cornea/External Disease
Limbal girdle of Vogt. Note thin whitish yellow band at temporal limbus, with clear rim of cornea between band and limbus. This band did not extend superiorly and inferiorly. It represents elastotic degeneration similar to that seen in pterygium and pinguecula.