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The same eye from a second angle

Clinical history

Urgency
Urgent

The same lens wearer; a second view of the cornea with fluorescein.

Examination
A focal white infiltrate that stains with fluorescein over its surface, ciliary injection, sometimes an early anterior chamber reaction.

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: Slit-lamp photograph

Describe the abnormality and give the most likely diagnosis. You will locate the finding first; the answer options stay hidden until you have.