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: Systemic Disorders
Diagnosis: smallpox: marked staphyloma of cornea OU 1962

Image Comments:

Photo demonstrates a typical reason for blindness in those who survived a smallpox attack - hypopyon ulcer with perforation followed by staphyloma formation with no LP. Notice the severe pocking of the patient's face.

 

 

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