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Abscess of the nasal cornea of the right eye. The abscess, measuring 6 mm high and 4 mm wide, was located on the pterygium ablation site. Ulceration with raised edges of about 3 mm was in the center of the abscess. The abscess was surrounded by infiltrate with irregular and ramified edges, as well as several microabscesses.
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Tyndall was noted, as well as folds of the Descemet's membrane of the nasal hemicornea. There was no hypopyon or posterior synechia and no ocular hypertonia (Figure 1).
Aspect at 4 months: whitish stromal scar with a big vertical axis and a diameter of about 5 mm.
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The abscess was replaced with a whitish stromal scar with a big vertical axis and a diameter of about 5 mm (Figure 2).