Is it a leech? Is it a slug? It's a descemet's membrane tear!

Abstract

A report of a 66-year-old male with keratoconus presenting with an acute hydrops. The patient was managed with intracameral C3F8 gas injection. On postoperative follow-up, slit lamp imaging showed a large central Descemet's membrane tear taking the appearance of a leech, with such well-defined tears in cases of acute hydrops being a rare entity to image on a slit lamp.

Keywords

• acute hydrops
• descemet's membrane tear
• keratoconus