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Anterior segment ischaemia after excision of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma
  1. AMAL I AL-HEMIDAN,
  2. SELWA A F AL-HAZZAA,
  3. SAAD A AL-HADDAB
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  1. Selwa A F Al-Hazzaa, MD, Department of Ophthalmology (MBC-40), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.81.6.e513

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    Editor,—Anterior segment ischaemia was first described by Schmidt1 in 1874 and later by Hayreh2 in 1979. It is a serious complication of squint3 and retinal detachment4 surgery. We present an elderly patient who developed anterior segment ischaemia after excision of conjunctival in situ squamous cell carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case.

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