Author: Kareem Alsaffarini, Zeyad Al-Moasseb / Editor: Yasmin Sultan / Codes: OptP2, OptP3, OptP4, SLO4, SLO6 / Published: 08/03/2023
A 30-year-old cleaner presents to the emergency department (ED) with a painful right eye.
They inform you that they were using some chemicals. They are unclear what the chemical was, however, they state that a lot of it got onto their face.
The patient is in a lot of pain and is struggling to tolerate examination of their eye. Upon manual opening of the eyelids, you see the following:
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