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. 2019 Feb 18;12(2):346-347.

doi: 10.18240/ijo.2019.02.25. eCollection 2019.

Recurrent endophthalmitis caused by intraocular eyelashes

Jia-Wei Wang¹, Xiao-Yang Zhang^{1

2}, Jing Wang¹, Han Zhang¹

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Eye Center of Shandong University, the Second Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
² Jinan Aier Eye Hospital, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.

PMID: 30809495
PMCID: PMC6376220
DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2019.02.25

Recurrent endophthalmitis caused by intraocular eyelashes

Jia-Wei Wang et al. Int J Ophthalmol. 2019.

. 2019 Feb 18;12(2):346-347.

doi: 10.18240/ijo.2019.02.25. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Jia-Wei Wang¹, Xiao-Yang Zhang^{1

2}, Jing Wang¹, Han Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ Eye Center of Shandong University, the Second Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
² Jinan Aier Eye Hospital, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.

PMID: 30809495
PMCID: PMC6376220
DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2019.02.25

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Figure 1. Foreign bodies embedded in the pars plaua (A) and the foreign bodies were identified as eyelashes (B, C).

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