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: the facies of PKC

Image Comments:

This young girl presents the classic " facies of PKC ( phylctenular keratoconjunctivitis)".
A phylctenule is a small red nodule of lymphoid cells, with an ulcerated apex.It can occur at the limbus or on the bulbar conjunctiva. There is a difference between photophobia and dazzling. Photophobia is the unpleasant reaction to a normal amount of light. Dazzling is the reaction to an excessive amount of light.

 

 

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