Brushfield's spots

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• Brushfield’s spots — Speckled iris. 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… …   Medical dictionary

• Brushfield-Iris-Sprenkelung — Brushfield Spots Brushfield Spots (deutsch: Brushfield Flecken), auch Brushfieldspots geschrieben und unter dem Synonym Brushfield Iris Sprenkelung bekannt, sind durch eine Anhäufung von Stromafasern entstandene ophthalmologische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Brushfield-Spots — (deutsch: Brushfield Flecken), auch Brushfieldspots geschrieben und unter dem Synonym Brushfield Iris Sprenkelung bekannt, sind durch eine Anhäufung von Stromafasern entstandene ophthalmologische Gewebeveränderungen / Pigmentbesonderheiten in den …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Brushfield spots — are small white or grayish/brown spots on the periphery of the iris in the human eye due to aggregation of a normal iris element (connective tissue). These spots are normal in children but are also a feature of the chromosomal disorder Down… …   Wikipedia

• Brushfield spots — greyish brown spots seen in the iris of the eye. They can be found in normal individuals but are usually associated with Down s syndrome. T. Brushfield (1858 1937), British physician * * * Brush·field spots (brushґfēld) [Thomas Brushfield,… …   Medical dictionary

• Spots, Brushfield’s — Speckled iris. Little white spots that slightly elevated on the surface of the iris and are 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… …   Medical dictionary

• Brushfield spots — greyish brown spots seen in the iris of the eye. They can be found in normal individuals but are usually associated with Down s syndrome. [Brushfield (1858–1937), British physician] …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Brushfield — Thomas, British physician, 1858–1937. See B. spots, under spot, B. Wyatt disease …   Medical dictionary

• Down syndrome — Classification and external resources Boy with Down syndrome assembling a …   Wikipedia

• Iris, speckled — Due to little white (or lightly colored) spots that are slightly elevated on the surface of the iris. These spots, arranged in a ring concentric with the pupil, occur in normal children but are far more frequent in Down’s syndrome (trisomy 21).… …   Medical dictionary

• Speckled iris — Due to little white (or lightly colored) spots that are slightly elevated on the surface of the iris. These spots, arranged in a ring concentric with the pupil, occur in normal children but are far more frequent in Down’s syndrome (trisomy 21).… …   Medical dictionary