Cobblestone appearance of conjunctiva is seen in: March 2012
Ans. B i.e. Spring catarrh Conditions affecting conjunctiva In bacterial conjunctivitis, the picture of hyperaemia is associated with a mucus discharge, which gums the lids together, paicularly in the mornings because of the accumulation during the night On eveing the upper eyelid, the palpebral conjunctiva is seen to be hyperophied & mapped out into polygonal raised areas, not unlike cobblestones in vernal conjunctivitis/spring catarrh In ophthalmia neonatorum, the conjunctiva becomes intensely inflamed, bright red & swollen, with a thick yellow pus discharge The essential lesion of trachoma is a trachomatous follicle
Bacterial conjunctivitis
Spring catarrh
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Trachoma