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Indian Pediatrics - Editorial (293 words) |
 | Brushfield spots are white or yellow colored spots seen on anterior surface of the irides. |
| The Brushfield spots need to be differentiated from stromal condensations named "Kunkmann Wolffian" bodies, which are seen in 15% of normal, light colored iris. |
| Brushfield spots in the right eye seen in the peripheral iris and along the pupillary margin. |
| Brushfield's spots definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms (115 words) |
| Little white spots that slightly elevated on the surface of the iris arranged in a ring concentric with the pupil. |
| These spots occur in normal children but are far more frequent in Down's syndrome (trisomy 21). |
| They were described in 1924 by Thomas Brushfield and are due to aggregation of a normal iris element (connective tissue). |
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