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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Bitot Spot

Bitot Spot

Category(ies): Cornea
Contributors: Pavlina Kemp, MD & Mark Greiner, MD
Photographer: Brice Critser, CRA

60-year-old woman with Bitot spot in the left eye with low serum levels of vitamin A, in the setting of chronic hepatitis C and near-daily alcohol use. Note the nasal white foamy patch about 3 x 3 mm on nasal bulbar interpalpebral conjunctiva.

References:
  1. Reddy PS. Bitot spots and vitamin A deficiencies. Trans Ophthalmol Soc N Z. 1965;17:90-3. PubMed PMID: 521723

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