Which of the following condition is associated with Iris pearls?
Correct Answer: Hansen's disease
Description: Iris pearls are pathognomonic for Hansen's disease. They represent small lepromata that have "worked their way through" the interstices of the iris to reach the iris surface. A pathognomonic sign of lepromatous leprosy is the presence at the pupillary margin of smal glistening 'iris pearls' composed of bacilli within histiocytes which resemble a necklace
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