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: Oculoplastics
Diagnosis: post-op lid repair for trichiasis. Also vitiligo of lids.

Image Comments:

This trachoma patient is in the post-op stage ofleft upper lid surgery for persistent trichiasis. The patient has the vitiliginous lid appearance of the Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada ( VKH ) patient in this Atlas. However, this female patient does not have granulomatous uveitis or hearing impairment. She has straightforward vitiligo of the lids. There is a well-developed immature corticonuclear cataract in the left eye.

 

 

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