Chris Barry

Bear Tracks Hypertrophy, 2018

Retinal fundus photograph
Digital retinal fundus camera

Lions Eye Institute
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

This image features the fundus, or back, of a human eye, revealing congenital retinal pigment epithelial hypertrophy, also called bear tracks. This anomaly is a condition in which areas of excessively pigmented retinal pigment epithelium resemble paw prints. It does not affect vision.