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: phthisis bulbi: unique cuff link deformation of cornea caused by smallpox - photo 1966

phthisis bulbi: unique cuff link deformation of cornea caused by smallpox - photo 1966

Image Comments:

Smallpox was complicated by an hypopyon ulcer. The ulcer perforated the cornea. This led to phthisis bulbi. This led to the unusual deformation of the cornea that is vividly evident in the photo..

phthisis bulbi: unique cuff link deformation of cornea caused by smallpox - photo 1966


phthisis bulbi: unique cuff link deformation of cornea caused by smallpox - photo 1966


phthisis bulbi: unique cuff link deformation of cornea caused by smallpox - photo 1966


 

 

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