Brown triangle pigment on back of cornea

• Brawny edema
  Brown edematous haze of epithelium in EBMD or RCE
  
  
• Ferrys line
  Orange - brown  ferric stain around surgical bleb
  
  
• Fleishers ring
  Orange - brown ferric stain around base of keratoconus cone
  
  
• Goars line
  Pigment horizontal line on inferior cornea
  Indicates pigmentary glaucoma
  
  
• Hemosiderosis
  Posterior corneal blood stain
  Indicates neovascular intracorneal bleed or hyphema
  
  
• Hudson-Stahli line
  Orange - brown band in bowmans where lids meet
  Frequency parallels age
  More common in males
  May RCE
  
  
• Kaiser-Fleisher ring
  Orange - brown copper line in posterior cornea and angle
  Indicates Wilsons Hepaticolenticular disease
  
  
• Keratitic precipitates
  White or pigmented cells on endothelium
  May indicates uveitis
  
  
• Keratomelanocystosis
  Pigmented spokes radiating into cornea from limbus at 4:00 and 8:00 in dark races
  May indicate staph infection or trauma
  
  
• Kruckensberg spindle
  Indicates old uveitis or pigment dispersion syndrome
  
• Salmon patch
  Orange discoloration of mid-stroma 3-6 weeks after onset of interstitial keratitis
  Indicates syphilis
  
  
• Sampaolesi’s line
  Pigment deposits in schwalbes line
  Indicates pigmentary glaucoma
  
  
• Stockers line
  Orange - brown ferric ions at leading edge of ptyrgium

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