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case_images: Slit-lamp photograph of the patient's right eye. The corneal graft of the right eye appears edematous, without keratic precipitates.
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case_images: Slit-lamp examination of the right eye revealed an edematous corneal graft without keratic precipitates, a pachymetry of more than 800 mum and two well-positioned GDDs (Fig. 1).
case_images: Slit-lamp photograph of the patient's left eye. In the center of the patient's cornea, the Castroviejo-square graft remains clear.
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case_images: In the left eye, the Castroviejo-square graft eye was clear, with a thickness of 641 mum and an endothelial cell count of 803 cells/mm2 (Fig. 2).
case_images: B-scan ultrasound of the patient's right eye revealing vitreous opacities that were stable for 6 months prior to the semi-autologous cornea transplantation.
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case_images: The patient was referred for evaluation of the vitreous opacities to the Retina/Uveitis service and was under close observation for about 6 months without any change on exam or B scan ultrasound (Fig. 3).
case_images: Photograph of the surgery set-up, depicting the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) microscope, as well as its longer working distance. The two surgeons (E.A. and S.P.) are seated superotemporally on the corresponding side.
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case_images: A microscope used by Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists was chosen as the second instrument, due to its thinner profile and the longer working distance, which allowed for a good fit to the patient's interpupillary distance that two ophthalmic microscopes could not provide (Fig. 4).
case_images: Slit-lamp photograph of the patient's right eye on the first postoperative day depicting a clear semi-autograft.
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case_images: On the first postoperative day, the semi-autograft in the right eye looked clear, with a pachymetry of 726 mum and the visual acuity was 1/200 E (Fig. 5), whereas the allogeneic graft in the amblyopic left eye had Descemet's folds, a pachymetry of 792 mum and the visual acuity was hand motions.