Pseudometastatic Conjunctival Vegetative Foreign Bodies: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Victoria Mouvet; Alexandre Moulin; Leonidas Zografos; Ann Schalenbourg

doi:10.1055/s-0043-122487

Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Table of Contents

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2018; 235(04): 453-455
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-122487

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Pseudometastatic Conjunctival Vegetative Foreign Bodies: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pseudometastasierte konjunktivale Fremdkörper: ein Fallbericht und eine Übersicht über die Literatur

Victoria Mouvet

Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, FAA, Switzerland

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Alexandre Moulin

Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, FAA, Switzerland

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Leonidas Zografos

Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, FAA, Switzerland

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Ann Schalenbourg

Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, FAA, Switzerland

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