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. 2022 Jul;70(7):2671-2673.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2157_21.

Unmasking Hansen's disease through an ophthalmologist's eye

Navjot Singh Ahluwalia  1 , Priyanka Choudhary  1 , Rakesh Shakya  1 , Aishwari Revankar  2
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Unmasking Hansen's disease through an ophthalmologist's eye

Navjot Singh Ahluwalia et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Corneal hypoesthesia; Hansen's disease; Iris pearls; Lagophthalmos; Madarosis.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
a: Photograph of face showing bilateral erythrematous patch on cheeks and a depressed nasal bridge. b: Photograph of face showing madarosis, papules, and plaques on upper/lower lid skin in BE with a lagophthalmos in LE. c: Photograph of face showing ear nodules. d: Photograph showing hyperpigmentation of skin of legs with involvement of toe
Figure 2
Figure 2
Slit-lamp photograph showing superior corneal pannus. a: Slit-lamp photograph (diffuse illumination) of RE. b Slit-lamp photograph (diffuse illumination) of LE. c: Slit-lamp photograph (slit illumination) of RE. d: Slit-lamp photograph (slit illumination) of LE
Figure 3
Figure 3
Slit-lamp photograph (diffuse illumination) showing iris pearls (IP) (black arrows). a: Slit-lamp photograph of RE showing IP on the anterior iris surface and anterior lens capsule. b: Slit-lamp photograph of LE showing IP on the anterior iris surface
Figure 4
Figure 4
Goniophotographs showing Iris pearl(s).(a) Inferior goniophotograph showing superior angle of RE. (b) Inferior goniophotograph showing superior angle of LE. (c) Nasal goniophotograph showing temporal angle of RE. (d) Superior goniophotograph showing inferior angle of LE
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