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: Pathology
Diagnosis: ectropion uveae OD

Image Comments:

At 3 o'clock, the pigment epithelium of the iris has been pulled over the pupil margin onto the anterior surface
of the iris. The dark brown patch that covers the pars pupillaris and then ends at the iris frill at 3 o'clock is the patch of ectropion uveae.

 

 

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