Paddy seed injury of cornea during harvesting season is very common in coastal India where rice is grown as the main crop.[1,2,3] A 42-year-old man, farmer, presented with history of redness and visual loss in left eye for 2 months. His presenting visual acuity was 20/400. He had mild lid edema, bulbar congestion, and corneal ulcer in the upper half of the cornea [Fig. 1a]. On eversion of upper lid, we found a germinated paddy seed in vegetative stage which was removed with a cotton bud [Fig. 1b]. KOH mount preparation showed filamentous fungus. The ulcer healed with natamycin eye drops within 2 weeks with final visual acuity of 20/60 [Fig. 1c].
Figure 1.
(a) Long-standing corneal ulcer. (b) Germinated paddy seed in vegetative stage which was removed from superior fornix. (c) Healed ulcer with 20/80 vision
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