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: Trauma
Diagnosis: total destructive effect of a lye burn

Image Comments:

Alkalis are notorious for the destructive effect that they can have on an eye. Here is an example of total annihilation of anterior eye structures.

 

 

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