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. 2020 Oct;68(10):2269.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_135_20.

Tick infestation of upper eyelid

Mohmad Uzair  1 , Deepak Varma  1
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Tick infestation of upper eyelid

Mohmad Uzair et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Gross examination of yellowish lesion appears as lid mass over right upper lid margin (b) Slit lamp examination reveals inverted live tick, mouth was embedded in the skin of eye lid margin (c) Intact live tick was removed and was identified as dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)
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