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: Smallpox - vascularized leukoma OD and adherent leukoma OS

Image Comments:

This patient escaped blindness because the left eye escaped the corneal ravages that destroyed the vision in the right eye. A large, heavily vascularized leukoma destroyed the vision OD - the result of an ulcus serpens. Fortunately, the same initial ulcus serpens in the OS resulted in a localized adherent leukoma with residual vision that was adequate for the patient's basic functions.

 

 

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