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1. C
2. B
3. C.

[TAG:2]Case Description[/TAG:2]

The patient has a poor ocular surface following corneal tattooing, done 5 years ago after ocular trauma. An ultrasonography should be done in these eyes to rule out any malignant pathology in the posterior segment. Given the absence of light perception in the eye, a sight restoring procedure like penetrating keratoplasty is not indicated. Such patients can simply be observed and lubricating drops prescribed for the uneven ocular surface causing the irritation. Corneal tattooing is an old cosmetic technique involving staining the anterior corneal stroma with sterile ink in eyes with poor visual potential.^[1] Although tattooing is mostly offered to patients with end-stage opaque corneas, the procedure can also be done on eyes with good visual potential for symptomatic glare due to pathologies such as aniridia and large peripheral iridotomies.^[2] The procedure involves impregnating the corneal stroma with a sterile-coloring agent. It can be done both by direct impregnation into the stroma via a tuberculin syringe ^[1] or after creating a lamellar pocket.^[3] It can be complicated secondarily by corneal ulceration and the same should be recognized and treated early.^[4]

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