TY - JOUR AU - Bron, A. J. AB - Abstract To the Editor. —I read with great interest Dr. Schweitzer's communication in the April 1967 issue of the Archives (77:548), dealing with the polygonal pattern of the cornea. I have been photographing the same pattern for over a year (Pentax Spotmatic camera loaded with Agfa Isopan Record Film). With appropriate excitor and barrier filters before the flash and camera, the fluorescent pattern is readily recorded.There are a number of ways of inducing or observing the pattern. For instance, if a glass slide is pressed against the cornea in the presence of fluorescein, a mosaic of dark lines against a fluorescent background may be seen. On removing the glass slide and allowing the subject to blink, the lines take up fluorescein and the polygons become fluorescein-free. The pattern then is identical to that induced by simple massage of the cornea through the lid.In the absence of fluorescein, the References 1. Hirschberg, J.: Einfuhrung in die Allgem Augenh Leipzig: George Thieme, 1901, p 96. 2. Cogan, D.G.: Applied Anatomy and Physiology of the Cornea , Trans Amer Acad Ophthal Otolaryng 55:329-359, 1959. 3. Fischer, F.P.: Uber die Darstellung der Hornhautoberflache und ihrer Veranderungen in Reflexbild , Munchen: J.F. Bergmann. Arch Augenh 98: 1-84, 1928. 4. Kaufman, H.E., and Clower, J.W.: Irregularities of Bowman's Membrane , Amer J Ophth 61: 227-230, 1966. TI - PHOTOGRAPHY OF CORNEAL PATTERN JF - Archives of Ophthalmology DO - 10.1001/archopht.1968.03850040121024 DA - 1968-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/photography-of-corneal-pattern-ap0c6aBMXQ SP - 119 EP - 120 VL - 79 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -