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: marginal keratitis OD

Image Comments:

The lesion at 4 to 5 o'clock is active as manifested by the hyperemia adjacent to the corresponding limbal area and the slit-lamp findings of an active keratitis. At 8 to 9 o'clock, there is scarring with an aborted attempt at producing a pseudopterygium. The scarring represents the residual of a similar marginal keratitis at that site. The lesion is inactive now.Recurrences are frequent with this disease, but each attack normally responds well to appropriate topical medication.

 

 

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