Brushfield-Spots

Brushfield spots ( German: Brushfield spots), also written Brushfieldspots and known under the synonym Brushfield Iris speckles are caused by an accumulation of Stromafasern ophthalmic tissue changes / pigment peculiarities in the anterior layers of the iris ( iris) of the eye.

They are particularly easy to see in bright iris as annularly arranged white, pale yellow or light gray speckles (spots) on the outside of the iris.

Was described for the first time a scientific point of the special Irissprenkelung in 1924 by Thomas Brushfield.

Brushfield spots occur in childhood than average common in people with Down's syndrome ( trisomy 21), with the Smith - Magenis syndrome or with the Zellweger syndrome before.

They disappear with age again, do not affect the vision and must not therefore be treated.

• Ophthalmology