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: hypopyon ulcer / ulcus serpens with hypopyon

hypopyon ulcer / ulcus serpens with hypopyon

Image Comments:

In the past, smallpox was frequently accompanied by an hypopyon ulcer and all of that ulcer's horrendous complications. Now that smallpox has been eliminated, trauma to the cornea with disruption of its epithelium is the commonest cause. The pneumoccocal organism is the most frequent causative invader. However, the diplobacillus of Morax-Axenfeld and the streptococcus bacillus can play a significant role in some cases.

hypopyon ulcer / ulcus serpens with hypopyon


hypopyon ulcer / ulcus serpens with hypopyon


hypopyon ulcer / ulcus serpens with hypopyon


 

 

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