Fig. 7. Clefts in the vitreous represent areas in which cholesterol crystals had resided before processing of the tissue dissolved them out. Inset. Birefringent cholesterol crystals obtained from the anterior chamber fluid in an eye with cholesterosis bulbi. (main figure, hematoxylin and eosin, original magnification, × 40; inset, unstained, polarized, original magnification, × 10)