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. 2012 Apr;7(2):176–179.

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(A) Slit lamp photograph of the right cornea demonstrates gelatinous vermiform lesions at the superotemporal conjunctiva (black arrow) and a vascularized corneal opacity inferiorly (red arrow); (B) The left cornea also demonstrates gelatinous worm-like conjunctival lesions in the superior limbal-conjunctival region suggestive of a neuroma (arrows) and marked vascularized corneal opacification inferiorly; (C) Note the irregular lacy pattern of visible intrastromal medullated nerves (arrows) adjacent to the corneal opacity; (D) Note lack of goblet cells in the epithelial sheet on the inferior corneal side where nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio seems to be decreased (magnification ×400).