Arlt's line

Arlt's line
Specialty	Ophthalmology
Causes	Chlamydia trachomatis
Differential diagnosis	Trachoma

Arlt's line is a thick band of scar tissue in the conjunctiva of the eye, near the lid margin, ^{[1] [2]} that is associated with eye infections. Arlt's line is a characteristic finding of trachoma, an infection of the eye caused by Chlamydia trachomatis . ^[2] The line runs horizontally, parallel to eyelid, and is found at the junction of the anterior one third and posterior two thirds of the conjunctiva. ^[1] The line is named after the Austrian ophthalmologist Carl Ferdinand von Arlt. ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Yanoff, Myron; Duker, Jay S. (2008). Ophthalmology (3rd ed.). Edinburgh: Mosby. p. 230. ISBN   978-0323057516.
2. Mandell, Gerald L.; Bennett, John E.; Dolin, Raphael (2010). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. p. 1534. ISBN   978-0-443-06839-3.