Electron microscopy of impression-acquired conjunctival epithelial cells.

The authors describe a technique with which one can perform electron microscopy on conjunctival epithelial cells acquired by impression cytology. With adjacent excisional and impression biopsies of conjunctival epithelium in patients having mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), typical fibrillo-granular inclusions are shown. This noninvasive procedure has potential for the study of subcellular, cellular, and intercellular morphology in diseases of the ocular surface.