Epithelial implantation cyst of the cornea / by E. Treacher Collins.

  • Collins, E. Treacher (Edward Treacher), 1862-1937.
Date:
[1892]
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Credit: Epithelial implantation cyst of the cornea / by E. Treacher Collins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    his right eye two days previously. There was then a wound in the cornea in the centre of the lower half, with some yellow infiltration around it, some iritis, and an hypopyon. The infiltrated margin of the wound was touched with the galvano-cautery, the hypopyon evacuated, and the anterior chamber washed out with a perchloride of mercury lotion. The inflammation gradually subsided, but the iris had adhered to the seat of the wound ; the tension became increased, and a tendency for the cornea to bulge at the lower part was noted. Two iridectomies were performed with the hope of relieving the tension, one in October and one in Decem- ber of the same year; neither was successful. On June 25th, 1891, a year and nine mouths after the re- ceipt of injury, the eye was excised for the relief of pain. Its condition at the time was described as follows :—There is an anterior staphyloma of the lower part of the cornea and adjacent sclerotic. There is general haze of the cornea, and a leucoma in the centre of its lower half A coloboma of the iris can be seen upwards. After removal the greatest antero-posterior diameter of the globe measured 29-5 mm. On section a large cyst Fig. 1. Section of globe sbowing position of cyst. was found, situated partly in the cornea and partly in the sclerotic at the lower part. It nieasured 9-D mm laterally and 5 mm. antero-poste.iorly. What was le t of the iris was adherent to the part of the cornea which