19 year old man with a “corneal abrasion”

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Epithelial defect on the right cornea was well dilineated with rose bengal stain.
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Published: Mar 18, 1997
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vernal keratoconjunctivitis

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Yichieh Shiuey, MD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Kathy Colby, MD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Claes Dohlman, MD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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The patient is a 19 year old college student who was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with a corneal abrasion and who was initially treated with pressure patching. His symptoms persisted and he was subsequently diagnosed with a bacterial corneal ulcer. For his corneal ulcer he was treated with ciloxan OD qid for 2 wks without improvement. At that point in time he was referred to the Cornea service at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

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Shiuey Y, Colby K, Dohlman C. 19 year old man with a “corneal abrasion.” Digit J Ophthalmol. 1997;3(1). Accessed April 30, 2026. https://djo.harvard.edu/index.php/djo/article/view/914
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (1997)
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Grand Rounds
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