Vernal conjunctivitis
Symptoms:
Signs and tests:
Trantas' dots (chalky calculus of the conjunctiva around the limbus) may develop around the limbus (the edge of the conjunctiva overlapping the cornea) from eosinophils.
Tests:
A stain of pus from eye showing eosinophils (rarely done) confirms the diagnosis.
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