EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology
Category: Cornea
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Acute phase of bee-sting |
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adherent leukoma |
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adherent leukoma due to perforating corneal injury to only eye |
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AK (astigmatic keratotomy) |
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aphakic bullous keratopathy |
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atrophia bulbi with leukomatous cornea that is showing fatty and calcium infiltration. |
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atypically located limbal girdle |
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Bacterial Keratitis |
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band keratopathy |
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bandshaped keratopathy |
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Beesting keratopathyl |
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blindness from bilateral corneal lepromata |
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Blindness-mother had chickenpox during 1st trimester |
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bloodstaining of the cornea |
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bloodstaining of the cornea |
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Bowen's disease invading cornea at 9:00 o'clock OD |
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bullous keratopathy following intracapsular cataract surgery |
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central corneal leukoma |
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central corneal with a partial arcus senilis |
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chemical burn: porcelainized scarring of the cornea |
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chronic blepharokeratoconjunctivitis associated with rosacea compounded by alcoholism |
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Ciliary staphyloma with descemetocele |
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Classic blood stainig of the cornea following cataract surgery |
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classic Herbert's pits in trachoma |
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complete arcus senilis ( gerontoxon ) |
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congenital coloboma of the iris OD |
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congenital syphilis with interstitial keratitis |
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cornea: aniso-cornea: microcornea OD, normal cornea OS |
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cornea: corneal abrasion with reflex spastic miosis |
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cornea: familial corneal epithelial dystrophy |
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Cornea: familial dystrophy of the cornea with initial epithelial edema followed years later by fatty infiltration |
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Cornea: familial dystrophy of the cornea with initial epithelial edema followed years later by fatty infiltration 2 |
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cornea: interstitial keratitis with congenital syphilis |
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cornea: keratoconus with apical scarring |
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cornea: leukomatous scar due to hypopyon ulcer with perforation. |
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cornea: macular corneal scar - a residual of a noe inactive keratitis |
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cornea: recurrent corneal abrasion |
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cornea: smallpox with symblepharon to cornea and bulbar conjunctiva OD |
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cornea: stained marginal corneal abrasion between superior limbus and light reflex. |
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cornea: staphyloma OD with xeroderma - ? vitamin A deficiency |
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Cornea: staphyloma resulting from perforating hypopyon ulcer |
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cornea: total corneal decompensation with diffuse epithelial edema following cataract surgery |
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corneal abrasion |
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corneal contact lens |
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corneal erosion OS |
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corneal foreign body |
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Corneal leukoma with iridodialysis |
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corneal macular scar with neovascularization of the superior cornea |
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corneal staphyloma with keratomalacia OU |
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Corneal Transplant |
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corneal transplant - post penetrating keratoplasty procedure (PKP) |
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corneal ulcer from bacterial infection |
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Corneal Ulcer, Perforated |
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Corneal Verticillata |
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corneoconjunctival ( limbal ) dermoid tumor |
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cystinosis |
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cytoid cicatrix of the limbus |
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dendritic keratitis - correction of photos for cache |
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dendritic keratitis - stained |
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dendritic keratitis HSV - active |
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dendritic keratitis: after being scrubbed with ether on a q-tip |
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Dermoid |
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dermoid tumor of cornea |
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Descemetocele |
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Descemetocele: in a patient in India 1962 |
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Descemetocele-keratomalacia |
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diffuse calcareous keratopathy |
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Disciform keratitis (HSV)-active with neovascularization |
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Disciform keratitis due to herpes simplex virus - active stage with neovascularization of cornea. |
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disciform keratitis due to herpes simplex virus - inactive stage |
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disciform keratitis due to herpes simplex virus - neovascularized |
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disciform keratitis with neovasc |
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dyskeratosis/ Bowen's disease/ carcinoma in situ - with leukoplakia: an earlier photo of this case is in this Atlas. This second photo provides a better view of the lesion |
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eight unsuccessful pterygium operations |
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episcleritis with keratitis |
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erratic tattoo of corneal leukoma |
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examinig a 5mos-old child with a perforated cornea due to keratomalacia caused by vitamin A deficiency |
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Fabry disease - corneal verticillata |
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familial corneal dystrophy |
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fatty and calcareous degeneration of the cornea |
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fatty degeneration of the cornea |
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filamentary keratitis - a second view |
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filamentary keratitis |
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florid keratomalacia in an infant -due to vitamin A deficiency |
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follicles involving the limbus-each is a pre-cursor to a Herbert's pit |
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forign body - rust deposit in cornea at 7 o'clock overlying the iris frill in that region |
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fresh, superficial burn of the cornea |
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Fuch's Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy |
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Fuch's Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy |
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Fuch's Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy |
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Fuchs' epithelial-endothelial corneal dystrophy following cataract surgery |
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Fuchs epithelial-endothelial corneal dystrophy with central ruptured epithelial bullae |
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Fuchs' epithelial-endothelial dystrophy of the cornea OD |
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fungal keratitis |
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Groenouw I granular corneal dystrophy |
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Groenouw's granular dystrophy I |
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Groenouw's Type I Granular corneal dystrophy |
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Herbert's pits - virtually pathognomonic of trachoma |
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herpes simplex virus (keratitis) |
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herpes simplex virus (keratitis) & HSV iritis |
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Herpetic Keratitis |
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hsv disciform keratitis - calcified |
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HSV Keratitis |
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Hypopyon |
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hypopyon ulcer - initial stage |
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hypopyon ulcer / ulcus serpens with hypopyon |
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inactive interstitial keratitis in congenital syphilis |
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infectious crystalline keratopathy (ICK) |
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infectious keratitis |
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Interstitial keratitis due to congenital syphilis |
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Interstitial keratitis due to congenital syphilis ( lues ) |
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interstitial keratitis with band-shaped keratopathy |
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Iron Lines |
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keratitis- an autoimmune response |
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keratitis with scleral thinning from previous nodular scleritis |
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keratitis: allergic or autoimmune basis |
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keratitis: sclerosing keratis - a further discussion |
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keratoconus |
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keratoconus - a side view |
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Keratoconus with Munson's sign |
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keratoconus with Munson's sign OS |
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keratomalacia - an extreme stage with cornea and ciliary body staphylomata of an extreme degree |
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keratomalacia with lens tamponade |
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Knife injury OD |
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lens tamponade of corneal defect |
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leukoma from hypopyon ulcer |
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leukoma: adherent leukoma |
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leukomatous cornea with positive Seidel sign with fluorescein solution |
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Leukomatous cornea; heavy neovascularization |
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leukomatous corneal ulcer scars with fatty infiltration |
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Limbal dyskeratosis |
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lime burn of the cornea OS |
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Lipid Keratopathy, post-trauma |
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localized, nodular keratitis |
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macula of the cornea vs nebula and leukoma |
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marginal keratitis OD |
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marginal keratitis with rosacea |
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megalocornea |
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metaherpetic HSV keratitis |
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metaherpetic keratitis |
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metaherpetic keratitis - a second case |
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microcornea and heterochromia |
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microcornea OU |
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microcornea OU with prominent pingueculae OU |
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Microcornea with after-cataract following needling of congenital cataract |
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microcornea with microphthalmos ( nanophthalmos ) |
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microcornea with microphthalmos ( nanophthalmos ) |
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microcornea, coloboma of iris, and cataract |
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More advanced bandshaped keratopathy OD |
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Mutton Fat KP (keratoprecipitates) |
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nasal pterygium, partial arcus senilis, and iridoschisis superiorly |
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opaque cornea as a result of a perforating, linear laceration due to broken glass |
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optical iridectomy - a part of the history of ophthalmic surgery |
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pannus |
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peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) in rheumatoid arthritis |
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phthisis bulbi: unique cuff link deformation of cornea caused by smallpox - photo 1966 |
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phylectenular keratoconjunctivitis - PKC |
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PKC (phlyctenular keratoconjunctivis) : a classic example in a patient at the Eye Clinic in India in 1968. |
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PKC (phlyctenular keratoconjunctivis) with a giant phlyctenule |
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posterior embryotoxon |
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posterior polymorphous dystrophy (PPMD) |
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potential descemetocele |
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potential descemetocele in vitamin A deficienct with xerophthalmia |
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profound xerophthalmia due to vitamin A deficiency |
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prominent arcus senilis |
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pronounced striate keratitis following intracapsular cataract surgery |
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pseudomonas keratitis (suppurative) |
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pseudopterygium |
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pseudopterygium / Salzmann's nodular corneal degeneration |
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Pterygium |
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pterygium |
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pterygium - active - OD |
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pterygium - temporal and nasal pterygia in an eye |
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pterygium: a prototypical example |
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reaction to contact lens overwear |
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Repaired perforating corneal injury with iridectomy |
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RK (radial keratotomy) |
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RK (radial keratotomy) with tear star |
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rosacea: chronic blepharoconjunctivitis with keratitis |
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rust foreign body in cornea |
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Salzmann's nodular degeneration/dystrophy- a 2nd case |
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Salzmann's nodular degeneration/dystrophy of the cornea |
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Salzman's nodular degeneration |
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scar of healed corneal ulcer with calcification |
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scissors perforation of cornea, adherent leucoma, |
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scissors perforation of cornea, adherent leucoma, |
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scissors perforation of cornea, adherent leukoma, arcus senilis, and prominent pinguecula |
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sclerosing keratitis |
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sclerosing keratitis with calcification-inactive |
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smallpox - bilateral phthisis bulbi |
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Smallpox - vascularized leukoma OD and adherent leukoma OS |
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smallpox and trachoma: leukoma of each cornea; trichiasis, and facial pock marks. |
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smallpox blindness - destroyed corneas-result of hypopyon ulcer ou |
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smallpox: central leukomatous corneal scar OU |
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Smallpox: extensively pocked face and blind from bilateral hypopyon ulcer - 1964 |
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smallpox: heavily vascularized, large adherent leukoma OD and smaller off-center adherent leukoma OS |
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smallpox: leukoma OS |
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smallpox: phthisis bulbi OU - no LP |
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spontaneous rupture of a descemetocele with resulting panophthalmitis |
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stained- herpes simplex I of the cornea |
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staphyloma OS |
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Staphyloma, huge, in a young boy OD |
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Staphyloma: huge anterior scleral staphyloma |
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symblepharon at site of perforating ulcer of cornea |
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symblepharon/ pseudopterygium/ cicatricial pterygium |
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syphilis: congenital interstitial keratitis |
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tattooed cornea |
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tattooed leukomatous cornea in an eye that is going into phthisis bulbi following unsuccessful cataract surgery |
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tattooing of cornea : same two photographs under different lighting and contrast to make tattooed areas mor conspicuous |
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tattooing of cornea : same two photographs under different lighting and contrast to make tattooed areas mor conspicuous -2 |
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tattooing of the cornea- a part of eye history |
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the facies of PKC |
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total symblepharon OU |
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trachoma with pannus crassus |
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trachoma: a perfect photo of established trachoma with conjunctivitis, florid pannus, corneal scarring, and trichiasis |
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Ulcus serpens/hypopyon ulcer/abscess of cornea |
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vascularized staphlyoma of the cornea - the result of a smallpox attack |
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viral keratoconjunctivitis |
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vitamin A deficiency |
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Vitamin A deficiency: Buphthalmos OD and phthisis bulbi OS |
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vitamin A deficiency: florid xerophthalmia |
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vitaminAdeficiency with xerophthalmia and spastic entropion with trichiasis OS |
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xerotic plaque in center of neovascularized corneal leukoma |
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