EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor: William Charles Caccamise, Sr, MD, Retired Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

*Dr. Caccamise has very generously shared his images of patients taken while operating during the "eye season" in rural India as well as those from his private practice during the 1960's and 1970's. Many of his images are significant for their historical perspective and for techniques and conditions seen in settings in undeveloped areas.

Category: Cataract

Earliest detection of cortical cataractous changes

With the pupil fully dilated, examination of the inferior nasal quadrant of the lens out to the equator will reveal the highest percentage of early cortical cataractous changes that otherwise would have been missed. The photo is an excellent example of this.

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