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: Oculoplastics
Diagnosis: trachoma: an advanced stage with trichiasis, convex outward bowing of the superior tarsus, and opacification of a vascularized cornea.

trachoma: an advanced stage with trichiasis, convex outward bowing of the superior tarsus, and opacification of a vascularized cornea.

Image Comments:

This type of case is an endless challenge for the oculoplastic surgeon. At the Kurji Holy Family Hospital Eye Clinic 1951 through 1968, operating time could be totally consumed, if desired, by surgery on patients like the female in the photo. The same could be said for pterygium cases.

trachoma: an advanced stage with trichiasis, convex outward bowing of the superior tarsus, and opacification of a vascularized cornea.


trachoma: an advanced stage with trichiasis, convex outward bowing of the superior tarsus, and opacification of a vascularized cornea.


trachoma: an advanced stage with trichiasis, convex outward bowing of the superior tarsus, and opacification of a vascularized cornea.


 

 

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