Berry of her eye!

Berry of her eye!

Author Amanda Mohanan Earatt
Country India
Subspecialty Cornea and Refractive
Category Slit-lamp Photography

Slit lamp picture of Conjunctival telangiectasia captured using mobile phone.
What to do when we see conjunctival telangiectasia in a patient?
Look for the Cause:
PRIMARY TELANGIECTATIC DISORDERS
• Ataxia telangiectasia
• Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia(HHT)
• Bloom syndrome
• Generalised essential telangiectasia

OCULAR MANIFESTATION OF A SYSTEMIC DISEASE
• Rosacea
• Xeroderma pigmentosum
• Fabry’s disease
• Hyperviscosity syndrome
• Alport’s syndrome
• Diabetes mellitus

TRAUMA
POST RADIOTHERAPY
IDIOPATHIC

Treatment:
Usually not required; cautery has been used in case of recurrent bleed in HHT

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