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: Systemic Disorders
Diagnosis: Vitamin A deficiency: temporal Bitot's spot OD with keratomalacia producing a xerotic staphyloma of the cornea

Vitamin A deficiency: temporal Bitot's spot OD with keratomalacia producing a xerotic staphyloma of the cornea

Image Comments:

This young boy has typical stigmata of severe vitamin A deficiency: Bitot's spot OD; and keratomalacia which led to a staphylomatous, xerotic cornea OS.

Vitamin A deficiency: temporal Bitot's spot OD with keratomalacia producing a xerotic staphyloma of the cornea


Vitamin A deficiency: temporal Bitot's spot OD with keratomalacia producing a xerotic staphyloma of the cornea


Vitamin A deficiency: temporal Bitot's spot OD with keratomalacia producing a xerotic staphyloma of the cornea


 

 

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