Interesting and Artistic Images
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The Apple of My Eye
By Taj Nasser, MD, and Anthony Vanrachack, OD
tajnassermd@gmail.com
The slit-lamp photograph shows posterior synechiae from chronic uveitis.
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Pupillary Bridge
By Rodolfo Bonatti, MD
rodolfobonatti@gmail.com
A persistent pupillary membrane connects the embryological to the present.
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Moonrise
By Edgar Rafael Carazo Vargas, MD
carazoed@hotmail.com
The image shows a subluxated cataract in the right eye of a patient with pseudoexfoliative glaucoma.
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Pterygosphagma
By Luis Alcalde Blanco, MD, PhD
luisalcaldeblanco93@gmail.com
The eye has a hyposphagma underlying a preexisting pterygium.
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Time for Cataract (Eyeclock)
By Konstantinos Moschou, MD
moschouk@otenet.gr
The cataract in this eye resembles a clock.
Rare and Unusual Diseases
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Anterior Spiderweb
By Zaira Lizette Jiménez Díaz, MD
zairajim@gmail.com
The image shows late spontaneous dislocation of the IOL–capsular bag complex in the eye of a 44-year-old patient with Usher syndrome who underwent cataract surgery 20 years ago.
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Thiel-Behnke Corneal Dystrophy
By Pablo Larco Jr, MD, and Luis Izquierdo Jr, MD, PhD
drpablolarco@gmail.com
The eye has an unusual subepithelial dystrophy known as honeycomb dystrophy. It is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait and is classified as a variant of Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy.
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Conjunctivalization on LASIK Flap
By Suphi Taneri, MD, FEBOS-CR
taneri@refraktives-zentrum.de
Conjunctiva grows over the cornea in an eye that underwent myopic LASIK 13 years ago.
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Limbal Dermoid
By Amit Mishra, MS
amit.mishra@hotmail.com
This photograph shows an eye that has a limbal dermoid with hairs.
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Iris Pigment Epithelial Cysts
By Joel Antonio Morales López, MD
joelaml@yahoo.com
This is a photograph of an eye with a pupillary iris cyst and angle dislodged iris pigment epithelial cysts.
Slit Lamp
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Blood Stream in the Anterior Chamber
By Jason Calhoun, COA
gbjay692002@gmail.com
A thin line of blood has leaked into the anterior chamber following glaucoma surgery.
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Terrien Marginal Degeneration With Lipid Deposition
By Neha Pathak, MBBS, MS
pthknh@gmail.com
A yellow line of lipid deposits has formed at the central edge of the furrow in an eye with Terrien marginal degeneration.
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Acute Corneal Hydrops
By Thomas Tien, MD, and Irving M. Raber, MD
The slit-lamp photograph shows severe corneal hydrops in a patient with keratoconus. The thickness of the edematous cornea was greater than the anterior chamber depth.
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Hanging by a Haptic
By Jay Lim, MD
jtecsonlim@yahoo.com
The IOL has dislocated in the right eye of a 50-year-old patient who presented to the clinic with a complaint of blurry vision after accidentally hitting his eye against a bike handle.
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Total Anterior Capsular Phimosis
By Radhika Rampat, MBBS, BSc(Hons), FRCOphth, and Mark Wilkins, MD, FRCOphth
radhikarampat@me.com
The photograph provides a rare illustration of a central island of scarred tissue with radial lines and 360º of fibrosis of the anterior capsule in the eye of a patient who experienced a rapid loss of vision in the months following uneventful cataract surgery.
Surgical Complications
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Vitreous Prolapse
By Jorge Neaves, MD
jorgeneaves93@gmail.com
This is a photograph of a vitreous block in the eye of an aphakic patient whose posterior capsule tore during phacoemulsification. The hyaloid membrane is intact.
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Falling From the Iris
By Luciano Rabello Netto Cirillo, MD
lucianocirillo22@gmail.com
An Artiflex IOL (Ophtec) has dislocated in the eye of a patient who experienced diminished visual acuity beginning the morning after a party.
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Graft Rejection in Terrien Marginal Degeneration
By C. Manuel Nicoli, MD
manuelnicoli@hotmail.com
Stromal graft rejection occurred following a C-shaped lamellar keratoplasty in the eye of a patient with Terrien marginal degeneration.
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Migration of Glaucoma Drainage Device Stent Suture
By Andrew Tatham, MBChB, FRCOphth, FRCS(Ed), FEBO
andrewjtatham@gmail.com
An intraluminal 3-0 polypropylene stent suture migrated into the anterior chamber 2 weeks following the implantation of a 350-mm2 Baerveldt glaucoma implant (Johnson & Johnson Vision). The stent was withdrawn at the slit lamp through a conjunctival incision.
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Fibrotic Membrane Over IOL
By Gerson López-Moreno, MD
gerlopezm@gmail.com
A fibrotic membrane has formed on the IOL in the eye of a 61-year-old patient who underwent cataract surgery 3 days earlier.
Trauma
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Hex Marks the Spot
By Hasenin Al-khersan, MD
hxa358@miami.edu
The image shows a ruptured globe in a patient with a history of a hexagonal keratotomy.
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The Christmas Eye
By Alonso Meza-Anguiano, MD
dralonsomeza@gmail.com
The image shows subluxated hypermature cataract crystals secondary to old ocular trauma.
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Fibrous Downgrowth After Ruptured Globe Repair
By Jason C. Fan, MD
A 22-year-old man experienced a traumatic corneoscleral laceration.
The photograph was taken 7 months after the initial repair. A
vascularized pupillary membrane appears to extend from the iris
to the anterior lens capsule. A biopsy of the membrane revealed
stratified mucosal epithelium consistent with fibrous downgrowth.
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A Traumatic Experience
By Jonathan Tijerina, MD, MA
jdt105@miami.edu
This is a photograph of the right
eye of a 58-year-old patient who
experienced traumatic subluxation
of the IOL–capsular bag complex
during a basketball game.
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A Lock With No Key
By Francesco Pozzo Giuffrida, MD, and Florence Cabot, MD
francescopozzo@yahoo.com
This photograph was taken
months after a ruptured globe
injury and shows a sectorial
inferior iris defect from the 4 to
8 clock positions with complete
zonular loss resembling a lock.