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: staphyloma OS

Image Comments:

Frequent causes of staphyloma in village India were smallpox, vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia, and non-smallpox ulcus serpens with perforation.

 

 

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