Haab's striae

{{short description|Medical condition}}

Haab's striae, or Descemet's tears, are horizontal breaks in the Descemet membrane{{cite journal|last1=Cibis|first1=GW|last2=Tripathi|first2=RC|title=The differential diagnosis of Descemet's tears (Haab's striae) and posterior polymorpous dystrophy bands. A clinicopathologic study.|journal=Ophthalmology|date=Jun 1982|volume=89|issue=6|pages=614–20|pmid=6981787|doi=10.1016/s0161-6420(82)34747-8}} associated with congenital glaucoma.{{cite journal|last1=Yeung|first1=HH|title=Haab's striae with congenital glaucoma.|journal=Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus|date=Mar–Apr 2010|volume=47|issue=2|pages=128|doi=10.3928/01913913-20100308-17|pmid=20349910}} It is named after Otto Haab.

These occur because descemet's membrane is less elastic than the corneal stroma. Tears are usually peripheral, concentric with limbus and appear as line with double contour.