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: fatty and calcareous degeneration of the cornea

fatty and calcareous degeneration of the cornea

Image Comments:

Reference: Thiel's Atlas der Augenkrankheiten, 6th edition, figures 552 and 553. The photo shows fatty and calcareous degeneration of the cornea.This generally occurs in longstanding scars in an atrophic eye.The black spots in the scar in the photo are due to the mascara of rural India, i.e. " kohl ".

fatty and calcareous degeneration of the cornea


fatty and calcareous degeneration of the cornea


fatty and calcareous degeneration of the cornea


 

 

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