EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Prof of Ophthalmology-U of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Category: Glaucoma
Diagnosis: hydrophthalmos OS

Image Comments:

Because the Holy Family Hospital was looked upon as a court of last appeal, patients came from all over India. Congenital glaucoma was not a rarity in such a clinic population. Hydrophthalmos/hydrophthalmus is primary congenital glaucoma. It is frequently a quiet disease. Enlargement of the cornea may be the first suggestion of the disease.This form of congenital glaucoma is usually bilateral. Some use the term buphthalmos/buphthalmus as synonymous with hydrophthalmos. Others prefer to use buphthalmos when the child manifests a secondary glaucoma as a result of some other intraocular disease. Please see the close-up photograph of this patient's left eye.It demonstrates an enlarged cornea with a leucoma.

 

 

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