EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Asst Prof of Ophthal. U.of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Category: Cornea
Diagnosis: Herbert's pits - virtually pathognomonic of trachoma

Herbert's pits - virtually pathognomonic of trachoma

Image Comments:

Herbert's pits result when the follicle formation at the limbus regress to sharply defined depressions that are located at the base of the pannus. In this Bihari Indian eye the pits are pigmented.The diagnosis is trachoma.

Herbert's pits - virtually pathognomonic of trachoma


Herbert's pits - virtually pathognomonic of trachoma


Herbert's pits - virtually pathognomonic of trachoma


 

 

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