No view of the iris after blunt trauma
Clinical history
- Urgency
- Urgent
A 31-year-old assaulted the previous evening now has profound visual loss in the injured eye.
- Examination
- A fluid level of red blood inferiorly, or diffuse red cells in the aqueous, raised pressure in some, associated iris or lens injury.
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.