A white level in a painful eye
Clinical history
- Urgency
- Urgent
A 44-year-old contact lens wearer with three days of pain, discharge and falling vision.
- Examination
- A white fluid level inferiorly, ciliary injection, cells and flare, and whatever caused it: a corneal infiltrate, a surgical wound, or synechiae.
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.