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Case Reports
. 1997 Feb;81(2):168-9.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.81.2.168a.

Diagnosis of Dieffenbachia induced corneal injury by confocal microscopy

A G Chiou, R Cadez, M Böhnke
Case Reports

Diagnosis of Dieffenbachia induced corneal injury by confocal microscopy

A G Chiou et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1997 Feb.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Confocal microscopy 1 month after the injury. Numerous raphides could still be found in the corneal stroma. The keratocytes demonstrated normal reflectivity. There was no inflammatory cell infiltration.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Two months after the injury, confocal microscopy demonstrated fragmentation of the raphides (arrow).
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