Peripupillary Vascularity

This is the same infant shown in the previous photo. Here the light from the ophthalmoscope is shining obliquely across the front of the eye. Without any special equipment, a red tinge (described by the ophthalmologist as a lacy network of peripupillary vessels) can be appreciated at the rim of the pupil. When the other eye was evaluated in this way, no red color was seen.

photo by Janelle Aby, MD