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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Subconjunctival foreign bodies

Subconjunctival foreign bodies

Category(ies): Cornea, External Disease, External Disease
Contributor: Jesse Vislisel, MD
Photographer: Carol Chan, CRA

This patient was referred for the evaluation of a pigmented conjunctival lesion, but upon examination he was found to have multiple black subconjunctival foreign bodies. These presumably were embedded during a motorcycle accident years prior.