1. Corneal injury by wild taro
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Emily W H Tang, Ricky W.K. Law, and Jimmy S. M. Lai
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medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,Injury control ,business.industry ,Confocal ,Follow up studies ,Poison control ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Eye injuries ,Surgery ,law.invention ,Ophthalmology ,Alocasia macrorrhiza ,Confocal microscopy ,law ,Corneal Injury ,medicine ,sense organs ,business - Abstract
We report a case of crystalline keratopathy caused by Alocasia macrorrhiza. The diagnosis was made based on the observation of needle-like crystals in the corneal stroma following injury to that eye. The condition resolved in 3 months with the disappearance of the crystals confirmed by follow-up confocal microscopy.
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- 2006
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