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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Scheie stripe in pigment dispersion syndrome

Scheie stripe in pigment dispersion syndrome

Category(ies): Glaucoma, Iris
Contributor: Johanna M. Dijkstal, MD
Photographer: Brice Critser, CRA

This is a 29-year-old, moderately myopic male who presented with elevated intraocular pressure in both eyes. Upon dilation, a Scheie stripe was noted, which is pigment deposition along the insertion of the zonular fibers to the lens. He was diagnosed with pigment dispersion syndrome.