EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Prof of Ophthalmology-U of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Category: Glaucoma
Diagnosis: Congenital glaucoma ( hydrophthalmos ) with central corneal leucoma - close-up of OS of boy in previous photograph

Congenital glaucoma ( hydrophthalmos ) with central corneal leucoma - close-up of OS of boy in previous photograph

Image Comments:

Hydrophthalmos may lead to a central leucoma. At times,deep striae are apparent. They represent defect's in Descemet's membrane ( Haab's striae ). These defects may lead to edem of the cornea. Some texts do use buphthalmos ( ox eye ) synonymously with hydrophthalmos. At the Kurji Holy Family Eye Clinic, buphthalmos was reserved for secondary glaucoma in infants that had progressed to enlargement of the entire eyeball. Common causes of secondary glaucoma in infants were vitamin A deficiency, smallpox, gonorrhoea, and various infections of the cornea.

Congenital glaucoma ( hydrophthalmos ) with central corneal leucoma - close-up of OS of boy in previous photograph


Congenital glaucoma ( hydrophthalmos ) with central corneal leucoma - close-up of OS of boy in previous photograph


Congenital glaucoma ( hydrophthalmos ) with central corneal leucoma - close-up of OS of boy in previous photograph


 

 

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