<prompt> Trachoma is characterized by AE :Epithelial KeratitisThe corneal lesion is pannusPits in limbus in late stageFollicle formation is a late stage  <response>: Ans. is d ie Follicle formation is a late stage Entropion of upper eyelids is seen in trachoma not ectropion Trachoma is a specific type of contagious Kerato conjunctivitis caused by chlamydia trachomatis. Characteristic features: Conjunctiva: follicles, diffuse papillary hyperplasia Follicles appear in the palpebral conjunctiva and occasionally on bulbar conjunctiva. Follicles on bulbar conjunctiva in pathognomic of ds Cornea : Pannus Herberts pits at limbus Me Callans staging Tr O - Trachoma free no sign of trachoma Tr D - Trachoma dubium trachoma cannot be distinguished from nontrachomatous conjunctivitis Tr I - Stage I Incipient trachoma - earliest stage of ds Tr II - Stage II Manifest trachoma Tr IIl- Stage III Healing trachoma cicatrization and scarring Tr IV- Stage IV Healed trachoma 