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: Primary congenital glaucoma ( hydropthalmos) with central corneal leucoma with striae/folds ( Haab's Striae) in Descemet's membrane

Primary congenital glaucoma ( hydropthalmos) with central corneal leucoma with striae/folds ( Haab's Striae) in Descemet's membrane

Image Comments:

This is the close-up photo of the left eye of the young boy with congenital primary glaucoma who was shown in the two other photos with his father. Although some ophthalmologists refer to buphthalmos ( ox-eye ) as synonymous with hydophthalmos, others including Dr. Caccamise prefer to reserve buphthalmos for secondary glaucoma in the young. Some of the causes would be vitamin A deficiency, smallpox, gonorrhoea, keratitis, uveitis, and other causes of anterior segment inflammatory pathology.

Primary congenital glaucoma ( hydropthalmos) with central corneal leucoma with striae/folds ( Haab's Striae) in Descemet's membrane


Primary congenital glaucoma ( hydropthalmos) with central corneal leucoma with striae/folds ( Haab's Striae) in Descemet's membrane


Primary congenital glaucoma ( hydropthalmos) with central corneal leucoma with striae/folds ( Haab's Striae) in Descemet's membrane


 

 

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