EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Prof of Ophthalmology-U of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Category: Cornea
Diagnosis: total symblepharon OU

Image Comments:

The cause of the total symblepharon in this patient - the history was very vague. Possible causes: lye thrown in patient's eyes over a land dispute or spontaneous perforation of both corneas by ulcus serpens/hypopyon ulcer. In the latter case, the patient would be lying in a stuporous state with both eyes closed for several days. The lids would become attached to the cornea and bulbar conjunctiva of each eye.

 

 

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