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: hydrophthalmus OS

Image Comments:

The differential is between megalocornea and hydrophthalmus. Corneal disturbances other than an increased corneal diameter may or not be present with hydrophthalmus. In hydrophthalmus there is an elevated intraocular pressure. In megalocornea, a corneal diameter over 13 mm is the positive finding.Since hydrophthalmus is usually bilateral, the smaller eye must be evaluated carefully for glaucoma.

 

 

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