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. 2024;37(123):6-7.
Epub 2024 Oct 2.

Keratoconus: an introduction

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Keratoconus: an introduction

Rashmi Deshmukh et al. Community Eye Health. 2024.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
The conical shape of the cornea, outlined by the lower eyelid, is known as Munson’s sign – a sign of severe keratoconus.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Slit lamp image showing an eye with Fleischer’s ring: a curved, light-brown line caused by iron deposits in the cornea.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Slit lamp image showing Vogt’s striaie: faint whitish lines in the deep corneal stroma and Descemet’s membrane (see arrows).

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