The top arrow points to a laser scar. Laser scars surround the tear. The bottom arrow points to the horseshoe tear. This tear is about a year old and was located superiorly. The patient had a fresh, untreated tear nasally in this same eye.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
WHITENED ARTERY
This is the retina on a woman in her mid 30's. If you click on the photo to enlarge it you can see the artery is not narrowed relative to the vein, but it is whitened. The fellow eye additionally had cotton wool spots. She has not been diagnosed with high cholesterol but her blood pressure was slightly elevated.
ACQUIRED LASH CURLING
This was a woman who complained that her lashes in the corner were short for about a month. Upon slit lamp examination it was revealed that she had sectoral lash curling.
CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION
This is an abrasion on the conjunctiva of a teenage girl who complained to her mother that her eye was irritated after an Arizona dust storm. When I first looked at her the abrasion was not apparent but the area was very red. Upon dye instillation and Wratten filter the abrasion revealed itself.
BITOT'S SPOT
This is a small spot on the conjunctiva that does not wet well. Many believe it to be associated with vitamin A deficiency.
CORNEAL SCARRING FROM LONG-TERM SMALL DIAMETER RIGID GAS PERMEABLE CONTACT LENS WEAR
The patient below is in his 20's and has been wearing small diameter RGP's for about 15 years for keratoconus. Both corneas show the same scarring. He was referred to me for scleral lens fit and with scleral lenses we can get him to 20/25 in each eye while completely vaulting the entire cornea and providing excellent comfort!
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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