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Sharkfin sign in corneal stroma indicates focal thermal injury

San Diego-A newly identified biomicroscopic sign, the sharkfin sign, seems to indicate that focal thermal damage to the stroma has occurred during phacoemulsification. The sharkfin sign seems to be a curvilinear lucency in the corneal incision.

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