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: Vitamin A deficiency: Buphthalmos OD and phthisis bulbi OS

Vitamin A deficiency: Buphthalmos OD and phthisis bulbi OS

Image Comments:

The same disease produced diametrically different conditions in the patient's eyes, i.e. enlargement OD and shrinkage OS. Dr. Caccamise uses the word buphthalmos for a secondary infantile or juvenile glaucoma involving OD in this case.

Vitamin A deficiency: Buphthalmos OD and phthisis bulbi OS


Vitamin A deficiency: Buphthalmos OD and phthisis bulbi OS


Vitamin A deficiency: Buphthalmos OD and phthisis bulbi OS


 

 

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