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Case Reports
. 2019 Oct;67(10):1694-1695.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_451_19.

Target sign: An applanation epitheliopathy

Reena Durai  1 , Prabhakar Singh  2 , Muralidhar Ramappa  3
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Case Reports

Target sign: An applanation epitheliopathy

Reena Durai et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Applanation tonometry; fluorescein staining; toxic epithelialopathy.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Whitish circular pattern in the central and paracentral area of the cornea
Figure 2
Figure 2
On fluorescein staining, epithelial disruption leading to a circle of positive fluorescein staining
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