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Slit lamp photograph showing corneal edema and striate keratopathy on the day of presentation, 24 hours after exposure to Calotropis latex
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Corneal stroma was edematous showing striate keratopathy [Fig. 2].
Slit lamp photograph after the instillation of local steroid drops for two days showing significantly reduced corneal edema and striate keratopathy
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On follow-up after 2 days of starting the corticosteroid drops, the stromal edema and striate keratopathy had reduced significantly in all patients [Fig. 3], including the one who presented late.
Slit lamp photograph of the same patient taken after 10 days of steroid instillation showing normal cornea
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By day 10, the inflammation had resolved completely in all the eyes [Fig. 4] with BCVA recovered to 20/20 in all except two eyes with immature senile cataract (cases 8 and 9).