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: potential descemetocele in vitamin A deficienct with xerophthalmia

Image Comments:

The corneal pathology evident in this photo is the result of vitamin A deficiency> The dark spot is Descemet's membrane with a potential for a descemetocele.The area around it is typically found with a descemetocele.

the dark spot represents Descemet's membrane which has the potential for descemetocele formation.

descemetocele

This descemetocele is accompanied by the typical white ring that frequently accompanies a descemetocele.

 

 

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