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Corneal injury by wild taro
Author(s) -
Tang Emily WH,
Law Ricky WK,
Lai Jimmy SM
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01359.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ophthalmology , stroma , confocal , confocal microscopy , cornea , corneal diseases , pathology , optics , immunohistochemistry , physics
A bstract 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.