Man presents with persistent foreign body sensation and swollen eyelids

A 39-year-old Caucasian man was seen in the Cornea Service at the New England Eye Center with complaints of sore and swollen eyelids and foreign body sensation in both eyes for several months. The patient had a history of recurrent herpes zoster endotheliitis and keratitis in the right eye, which following numerous recurrences had been controlled since the addition of oral acyclovir. History was also positive for dry eye disease, meibomian gland dysfunction, blepharitis, hordeolum in the left lower lid 1 year prior as well as pinguecula in the left (Read more...)

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