TRANSILLUMINATION ENHANCES PHOTOGRAPHS OF RETINAL HEMORRHAGES

Light stand photography with direct illumination of the retina is a co mmon method of demonstrating retinal hemorrhages. The lack of contrast between dark hemorrhages and surrounding dark retina, and the difficu lty of photographing into the concavity of an eye limit this technique . Transillumination of a bivalved globe with a bright external light s ource such as a colonoscope or microscope light yields high contrast s uperior photographs. This technique is useful to document retinal hemo rrhages, and provides quality photographs for courtroom demonstrations .