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: trachoma with pannus crassus

trachoma with pannus crassus

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Pannus means cloth and crassus means thick. Pannus crassus is a form of trachomatous pannus that is thick and succulent. It consists of a thick, superficial infiltration of the cornea by young, highly vascularized connective tissue, i.e, granulation tissue. It has sometimes been referred to as pannus carnosus ( pannus cloth and carnosus fleshy ). The photo offers a perfect example of this manifestation of trachoma.

trachoma with pannus crassus


trachoma with pannus crassus


trachoma with pannus crassus


 

 

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