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: vitamin A deficiency

vitamin A deficiency

Image Comments:

The photo shows vitamin A deficiency ocular manifestations: an atypically shaped Bitot's spot temporally and a staphyloma. The staphyloma resulted from xerophthalmia and keratomalacia.

vitamin A deficiency


vitamin A deficiency


vitamin A deficiency


 

 

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