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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Posterior embryotoxon

Posterior embryotoxon

Category(ies): Cornea
Contributor: Andrew Doan, MD, PhD

anteriorly displaced and prominent Schwalbe's line
Present in 10-15% of the normal population. Occurs in Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome. This is an anteriorly displaced and prominent Schwalbe's line.