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A 35-year-old female with a history of multiple small bowel resections, presented with several atypical conjunctival neoplasms. She was previously diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency, as well as iron deficiency anemia. A lesion in her right eye demonstrated leukoplakia with a xerotic and foamy appearance. This lead to a clinical suspicion of associated vitamin A deficiency (Fig 1). Histologic examination (Fig 2) revealed a keratinized conjunctiva with parakeratosis, hyperkeratosis, and acanthosis.
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The authors of “First-Year Visual Acuity Outcomes of Providing Aflibercept According to the VIEW Study Protocol for Age-Related Macular Degeneration” (Ophthalmology 2016;123:337-43) would like to make the following correction to their article:
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Matoba y otros (p. 451) observaron una queratopatía dendriforme asociada con una exposición tópica oftálmica al preservante poliquaternium-1 (PQ-1). Para esta serie de casos, los investigadores revisaron las historias de 16 pacientes expuestos a PQ-1 ya fuera debido al uso de soluciones desinfectantes para lentes de contacto (n = 13) o productos de lágrimas artificiales (n = 3). Todos los pacientes experimentaron resolución de las lesiones dendriformes en el término de 2 a 6 semanas después de la eliminación de su exposición a PQ-1.
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A 41-year-old man with AIDS presented with decreased vision in the left eye; he denied other symptoms. Medications included efavirenz, tenofovir, and emtricitabine, and his CD4 cell count was 31 cells/μL. He had been diagnosed 8 months previously with acute retinal necrosis in the right eye, with no light perception. Examination of the left eye showed minimal inflammation in the anterior chamber and vitreous. Ophthalmoscopy showed hemorrhagic papillitis, retinal necrosis, hemorrhage, and diffuse vascular sheathing.
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The authors of “Tissue Interleukin-17 and Interleukin-23 as Biomarkers for Orbital Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis” (Ophthalmology 2015;122:2140-2) would like to make the following correction to their article: Dr. Lee Teak Tan’s name was incorrectly listed as Tan Lee Teak in the article byline.