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Corneal alkali burn
Corneal alkali burn
Alkali burn. Significant corneal, conjunctival, and scleral damage occurred after a severe alkali injury. Notice the opacified cornea and the conjunctival and scleral blanching, indicating severe damage to the surrounding blood vessels.
Reproduced with permission from: Tasman W, Jaeger E. The Wills Eye Hospital Atlas of Clinical Ophthalmology, 2e. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. Copyright © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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