Seidel test

The Seidel test , named after its inventor, the German ophthalmologist Erich Seidel (1882–1948), is a simple ophthalmological procedure for the detection of small perforations and leaks in the cornea . The tear film is colored with the dye fluorescein and inspected on a slit lamp by placing a cobalt blue filter upstream. If aqueous humor leaks onto the surface of the cornea, small, swell-like outflows can be seen, the dye is washed out, and the test is considered positive . In order to do this, it is pointed out that no or only very little pressure should be applied to the eyeball .

The method is also used in veterinary medicine .

Individual evidence

^ Albert J. Augustin: Ophthalmology. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Springer, Berlin et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-30454-8 , pp. 1157-1167.
↑ Jens Martin Rohrbach, Klaus P. Steuhl, Marcus Knorr, Bernd Kirchhof (eds.): Ophthalmologische Traumatologie. Text book and atlas. Schattauer, Stuttgart et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7945-2041-6 , p. 70.
↑ József Tóth, Josef Holler Rieder, Peter T. Sótonyi: Ophthalmology in the horse. Atlas and textbook. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-7945-2638-3 .

[1] Albert J. Augustin: Ophthalmology. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Springer, Berlin et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-30454-8 , pp. 1157-1167.

[2] Jens Martin Rohrbach, Klaus P. Steuhl, Marcus Knorr, Bernd Kirchhof (eds.): Ophthalmologische Traumatologie. Text book and atlas. Schattauer, Stuttgart et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7945-2041-6 , p. 70.

[3] József Tóth, Josef Holler Rieder, Peter T. Sótonyi: Ophthalmology in the horse. Atlas and textbook. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-7945-2638-3 .