Rhinosporidiosis of the tarsal conjunctiva
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Rhinosporidiosis of the conjunctiva.
Examination.-The patient appeared to be in good general health. X-ray of the chest was normal. There was a discharge from the right ear due to a chronic otitis media. Culture of material from the ear showed Staphylococcus pyogenes (coagulase positive). Projecting from behind the middle of the margin of the left lower eyelid was a small, irregular, reddish tumour about the size of a pea (Fig. 1)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0301-4738
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.159897