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Question: How do you diagnose a corneal perforation?

Last updated December 22, 2007

Answer: A perforation means that the cornea has been penetrated all the way through. You can diagnose this by using the Seidel test to see if any aqueous fluid is leaking out. You perform this by wiping a strip of fleurosceine over the wound, and viewing how the dye appears. With a positive seidel, you can see the clear aqueous running through the yellow stain.

To get a better idea how this looks, you might want to watch this excellent seidel video at RootAtlas.

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where is the original reference for the Seidel Test?? Please email

Comment by Ira Eliasoph,M.D. — March 14, 2008 @ 2:12 pm


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