This photograph shows a central corneal ulcer that has perforated. The iris is plastered against the back surface of the cornea. You can appreciate this chamber shallowing by looking at the slit-lamp beam as it passes through the cornea and hits the iris … the two light arcs are touching.

This perforation occured secondary to a neurotropic ulcer. To see how this looked pre- post- and during perforation, watch our neurotropic ulcer video from which this snapshot was taken.