pseudopterygium /pseu·do·pter·yg·i·um/ (-ter-ij´e-um) an adhesion of the conjunctiva to the cornea following a burn or other injury.
pseudopterygium
pseu·do·pte·ryg·i·um (s  d -t -r j  -m)n. A pterygium of irregular shape that may appear at any part of the corneal margin of the eye and that occurs following diphtheria, a burn, or other injury of the conjunctiva. |
pseudopterygium
[so̅o̅′dopterij′ē·əm]
a fold of conjunctiva that has become attached to the cornea after an injury or disease.
pseudopterygium
an adhesion of the conjunctiva to the cornea following inflammation or injury.
pseudopterygium
A fold of conjunctiva that has become attached to the cornea as a result of injury or ulcer near the limbus. Hard contact lens wear has occasionally given rise to pseudopterygium: refitting with soft contact lenses may then be indicated. In the case of pseudopterygium a probe can be passed beneath it near the limbus, whereas this is impossible in true pterygium.
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