Sticky lids on waking
Clinical history
- Urgency
- Routine
A 6-year-old whose lids were glued shut with yellow crust this morning; the eye is red and uncomfortable.
- Examination
- Purulent discharge, diffuse injection, papillae on the tarsal conjunctiva, a clear cornea, no photophobia.
Presentation typical of this diagnosis, written for teaching. The source dataset provides the image and its label only, with no accompanying clinical record.
The study opens when you begin.
Read the history first and decide what you expect to find. Committing to an expectation before you look is most of what separates interpreting from noticing.
Step 1 of 3 · Read the history
Study: External photograph
Describe the abnormality and give the most likely diagnosis. You will locate the finding first; the answer options stay hidden until you have.