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Slit lamp photograph of a patient with diabetic keratopathy, suffering from dry eye symptoms and recurrent corneal erosions. Fluorescein staining of the ocular surface reveals fine punctate keratitis (yellow dots), which is typical of dry eye disease (DED), highlighted by yellow arrowheads. In the inferior third of the cornea, an epithelial ridge (yellow horizontal line) is visible, indicative of a recently closed erosion, highlighted by yellow arrows.
