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Cornea showing multiple tarantula hairs with associated inflammatory infiltrate and scarring.
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Slit lamp examination revealed right eye injection, multiple hairs at all levels of the cornea with associated opacities, and a moderate anterior uveitis (Figure 1).
Colour photograph of retina showing punched out full thickness inflammatory lesions associated with embedded tarantula hairs.
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Hair-like vitreous lesions and peripheral full-thickness retinal infiltrates were also evident (Figure 2).