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: adherent leukoma due to perforating corneal injury to only eye

adherent leukoma due to perforating corneal injury to only eye

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At the age of 16 years, this 58 year-old patient lost his OD due to a snowball accident. At the age of 58 years he presented with the pathology seen in the photo: the remaining left eye had a perforating corneal scar with an adherent iris the cornea was vascularized and there was filamentary keratitis ( seen with slit-lamp ).

adherent leukoma due to perforating corneal injury to only eye


adherent leukoma due to perforating corneal injury to only eye


adherent leukoma due to perforating corneal injury to only eye


 

 

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