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: pseudopterygium / Salzmann's nodular corneal degeneration

pseudopterygium / Salzmann's nodular corneal degeneration

Image Comments:

Bulbar conjunctiva has become involved with scarring in areas of keratitis. The whitish corneal areas are consistent with a diagnosis of Salzmann's nodular degeneration of the cornea.

pseudopterygium / Salzmann's nodular corneal degeneration


Salzmann's nodular degeneration/dystrophy of the cornea

pseudopterygium / Salzmann's nodular corneal degeneration


Salzmann's nodular degeneration/dystrophy of the cornea

pseudopterygium / Salzmann's nodular corneal degeneration


 

 


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