Atlas
Sudden relief of pain in a week-old corneal ulcer
External photographadvancedAn 80-year-old with a week of a painful discharging eye reports that the pain eased suddenly this morning and the eye 'wept'.
Diagnosis
Perforated corneal ulcer with iris prolapse
- Dark iris tissue plugging a central corneal defect
- Surrounding corneal opacity and infiltrate
- Flat anterior chamber
- Mucopurulent discharge on the lids
Marked: Iris prolapse through the perforation.