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Diffuse illumination of the RE: Diffuse illumination of the right eye showing two dendritic lesions stained by fluorescein, multiple bullae (arrows) and a diffuse corneal edema.
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Two dendritic lesions were seen (Figure 1) in the cornea.
Papanicolaou stain of the corneal scraping: Corneal scraping showing intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion (arrow) in an epithelial cell (x 500).
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Papanicolaou stained smear of the corneal scraping showed multinucleated giant cells and intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion (Figure 2).
Immunoperoxidase assay of the corneal scraping: Corneal scraping showing multinucleated giant cells and the presence of HSV-1 antigen (Seen as brown precipitate) (x 500).
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HSV-1 antigen was detected in the epithelial cells of the corneal scraping and the smear revealed multinucleated giant cells (Figure 3).