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http://gizmodo.com/what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-this-eyeball-1793336832
A 37-year-old woman recently went to her eye doctor complaining of itching and watering eyes. While taking a close look, the doctor saw this freaky sight staring back.
As reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, the condition is called “protruding iris collarette,” and despite how things look, it’s absolutely nothing to worry about.
It’s a rare, benign condition that doesn’t affect vision (the woman has 20/20 vision), carries no symptoms, and requires no treatment. Scientists have documented cases of protruding iris collarettes before, but this example is particularly striking. Scientists aren’t entirely sure what causes this feature, but genetics could be involved. As noted by the Chinese scientists who wrote up the case study, “This finding is a normal variant.”
A 37-year-old woman recently went to her eye doctor complaining of itching and watering eyes. While taking a close look, the doctor saw this freaky sight staring back.
As reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, the condition is called “protruding iris collarette,” and despite how things look, it’s absolutely nothing to worry about.
It’s a rare, benign condition that doesn’t affect vision (the woman has 20/20 vision), carries no symptoms, and requires no treatment. Scientists have documented cases of protruding iris collarettes before, but this example is particularly striking. Scientists aren’t entirely sure what causes this feature, but genetics could be involved. As noted by the Chinese scientists who wrote up the case study, “This finding is a normal variant.”
