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Case Reports
. 2011 Mar;25(3):397-8.
doi: 10.1038/eye.2010.209. Epub 2011 Jan 14.

Lacrimal sac pigmentation due to mascara

L Clifford, M Jeffrey, H Maclean
Case Reports

Lacrimal sac pigmentation due to mascara

L Clifford et al. Eye (Lond). 2011 Mar.
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Figure 1
(a, b) Histological photographs demonstrating pigment within the stroma of the lacrimal sac (haematoxylin–eosin stain).
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