Vitreous Membranes Upon the Iris with Adherent Leucoma of the Cornea

Abstract

This is a report of the findings of histologic studies of iris removed in three cases, and of similar appearances observed clinically in eight others. These irides presented small pits, the floor of which was covered with a homogeneous membrane behaving like a vitreous formation upon the iris. Such membranes were sometimes covered with a single layer of flat pigment cells, but were generally bare. It is ascribed to the endothelium of the posterior surface of the cornea. Contributed from the University Eye Clinic of Kyoto in the service of Professor Ichikawa.