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: traumatic iridodialysis with slight anterior cortical traumatic cataract

Image Comments:

The telltale characteristic of an iridodialysis is present in this photo, i.e. the flattening of the pupil margin curve in that part of the iris that has been torn from its ciliary body attachment.A chord effect results in that part of the pupil margin. Of course, the empty area between the torn edge of the iris and the limbus is the site of the iridodialysis. Gonioscopy will give a full view of the detachment site. There is also a nebular anterior cortical traumatic cataract.

 

 

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