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Giant conjunctival papillae

BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078870 (Published 05 September 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:e078870
  1. Haowen Lin, ophthalmology resident,
  2. Xianchai Lin, associate professor
  1. State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Centre, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
  1. Correspondence to: X Lin linxch7{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn

This is vernal keratoconjunctivitis, a chronic, bilateral, and often seasonal allergic inflammation of the conjunctiva characterised by papillae on the inner eyelid and throughout the limbus (fig 1).1 The patient, an 11 year old boy, presented with …

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