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Bitot's spots

buildup of keratin located superficially in the conjunctiva
Class type of: vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis Q3066331

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
clinical sign
Subclass of
vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis[4]
Discoverer or inventor
Pierre Bitôt[2]
Health specialty
ophthalmology[5]
Named after
Pierre Bitôt[3]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Medicine[6]
P14541
3woZYJ[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bitot's spots en obsolete vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis and Bitot's spot en vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot AND conjunctival xerosis (disorder) en vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot AND conjunctival xerosis [dup] (disorder) en vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis and Bitot's spot ar بقعة بيتو es manchas de Bitot fa لکه‌های بیتوت fr Tache de Bitôt fr Tâche de Bitôt pl Plamki Bitota pt Mancha de Bitot zh 毕脱氏斑
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bitot spot svg hariadhi.svg ↗
Disease Ontology ID
DOID:11489
Elhuyar ZTH ID
021747
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
191698
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org, identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03z3vp
GPnotebook ID
1174798366
ICD-10 ID
E50.1
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
960530623
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
5B55.2
ICD-9 ID
264.1
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779231457, 2910248986
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WikiProjectMed ID
Bitot's spots

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Discoverer or inventor 1
Pierre Bitôt
Health specialty 1
ophthalmology
Instance of 1
clinical sign
Named after 1
Pierre Bitôt
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Medicine
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Summary

Bitot's spots is a clinical sign[1].

Related Entities

ophthalmology

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3woZYJ
    Instance of → clinical sign
    Exact match → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11489, http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11489
    Disease Ontology ID → DOID:11489
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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