The differential for OSSN includes pterygium, pingueculum, papilloma, solar keratosis, lipoma, lymphoma, chronic blepharoconjunctivitis, inflammation, melanoma, ocular pannus, pyogenic granuloma, kaposi sarcoma, keratocanthoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, and adenocarcinoma.
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All of these referenced works are in peer reviewed journals and in fact the principal article which describes the world s largest prospective series of pterygium surgeries was the lead article in the highest ranked clinical ophthalmic journal in the world, Ophthalmology .
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My goal with editing the Pterygium page was to remove the dangerous content, ie claiming that radiation was a form of treatment, when in fact it is dangerous to the patient s vision and has long been banned as a method of treatment.
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From 2008 to 2011, with the help of the Sukob Foundation, CLSO and volunteers, the KDF and its partners have performed 760 cataract or pterygium operations ( 170 in 2008, 305 in 2009, 140 in 2010 and 145 in 2011 ).
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Dr . Jackson founded his own clinic, Prestige Laser & Cataract Institute ( PLCI ), and opened one of the first accredited office-based cataract surgical suites in the Western United States which has driven excellence in surgical care to new heights while making needed sight restorative procedures such as cataract and pterygium removal, more affordable to many individuals.
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A list of the possible meanings of the term " cotton-eyed " that have been proposed includes : to be drunk on moonshine, or to have been blinded by drinking wood alcohol, turning the eyes milky white; a black person with very light blue eyes; someone whose eyes were milky white from bacterial infections of Trachoma or syphilis, cataracts or glaucoma; the contrast of dark skin tone around white eyeballs in black people; and possibly pterygium, a reddish-white corneal overgrowth associated with chronic sun exposure.
