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Pterygium (Surfer's Eye): Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Pterygium (surfer's eye) is a raised, fleshy, triangular-shaped growth that starts in the corner of your eye . Long-term exposure to UV light is the main cause. It may not cause symptoms, but sometimes, it can irritate your eye, and if it grows too much, it can affect your vision.
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Pterygium | AOA - American Optometric Association
Pterygium is an abnormal growth of tissue on the conjunctiva (the clear membrane that covers the white of the eye) and the adjacent cornea.
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What Is a Pinguecula and a Pterygium (Surfer's Eye)?
Pinguecula and pterygium (Surfer's Eye) are common, non-cancerous growths on the cornea and conjunctiva likely caused by exposure to ...
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pterygium
‖ pterygium (ptəˈrɪdʒɪəm) [L., a. Gr. πτερύγιον little wing, fin, dim. of πτέρυξ wing.] 1. Anat. (See quot.) ? Obs.1684 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict., Pterygium, is the Wing or round Rising of the Nose or Eye, or the Process of the Bone Sphenoides which is like a Wing...Also the Nymphæ of a Womans secr...
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Pterygium (eye) - Wikipedia
A pterygium of the eye ( pl. : pterygia or pterygiums, also called surfer's eye) is a pinkish, roughly triangular tissue growth of the conjunctiva onto the ...
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Pterygium: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
A pterygium is a noncancerous growth that starts in the clear, thin tissue (conjunctiva) of the eye. This growth covers the white part of the eye (sclera) and ...
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Pterygium
Pterygium unguis or dorsal pterygium, scarring between the proximal nail fold and matrix
Pterygium of the eye
A pterygium reduces the vision in several The pterygium is stripped carefully off the surface of the eye. If this is all that is done, the pterygium regrows frequently.
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Pterygium: Background, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology
Pterygium (also known as surfer's eye) is a fleshy triangular growth that can occur on the bulbar conjunctiva of the eye at the 3 and 9 o'clock meridians.
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Pterygium | Better Health Channel
A pterygium is a fleshy overgrowth of the conjunctiva, which is the thin clear membrane on the surface of the eye. About one in every 100 Australians develops ...
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Pinguecula and Pterygium | Johns Hopkins Medicine
A pterygium, also known as surfer's eye, is a raised, wedge-shaped growth of the conjunctiva that extends onto the cornea — the outer layer of the eye. These ...
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Pterygium - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Pterygium is basically a fibrovascular overgrowth of the subconjunctival tissue, triangular in shape, and encroaching on to the cornea in the medial and ...
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Pterygium (Surfer's Eye): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - WebMD
Surfer's eye or pterygium is a growth on your eye. It may be strange looking and annoying, but it's not generally dangerous.
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Pterygium (eye)
It has an advancing portion called the head of the pterygium, which is connected to the main body of the pterygium by the neck. Supporting this fact is the congenital pterygium, in which pterygium is seen in infants.
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Six Things To Know about Pinguecula and Pterygium
A pinguecula (pronounced pin-GWEK-yoo-la) is a yellowish patch or bump on your eyeball, similar to having a callus on your skin. It is when changes to the eye's conjunctiva -the thin, filmy membrane that covers the white part of your eye-appear as a yellowish deposit of protein, fat or calcium. A pterygium is a wedge-shaped growth of ...
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Pterygium unguis
Pterygium unguis (or dorsal pterygium) forms as a result of scarring between the proximal nailfold and matrix, with the classic example being lichen planus See also
Pterygium inversum unguis
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