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Report of a Case

Louis Lehrfeld, M.D.; Solomon S. Brav, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1941;25(2):329-331.

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Blood staining of the cornea, though a rather infrequent condition, is one which has been fairly well covered in the literature. The purpose of this communication is to report a case in which the etiologic factor was a large subconjunctival hemorrhage.

With notable exceptions, in all of the cases mentioned in the literature the condition has followed some trauma to the eye with resultant hyphema in the anterior chamber. This type of case was first mentioned by Baumgarten¹ in 1883, and reports by Lawford, Vossius, Weeks, Collins, Wells and Wadsworth and Verhœff followed.² Toulant and Morard³ in France and Reese⁴ and Larkin⁵ in this country are the most recent contributors to this subject. Throughout their discussions there has been considerable theorization as to the nature of the pigment present and as to the means of entrance into the cornea. Collins claimed that the pigment was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the clinic of Dr. Louis Lehrfeld, Wills Hospital.

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