Images in Clinical Medicine

Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Hypopyon

Stephen Soloway, M.D., and David Weissgold, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1996; 334:1512June 6, 1996

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Figure 1 A 36-year-old man had painless, intermittent loss of vision. In this photograph, a hypopyon, or leukocytic exudate, is seen in the anterior chamber (arrow) of the eye, and the conjunctiva and the underlying episclera appear injected. These findings, with the accompanying severe retinopathy, were caused by Behcet's disease. Treatment with chlorambucil and prednisone eye drops, and later with cyclosporine, failed to improve the patient's vision.

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Stephen Soloway, M.D.
2791 South Delsea Dr., Vineland, NJ 08360

David Weissgold, M.D.
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104