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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Melissa Hernandez

California ophthalmologist removes almost a month's worth of contact lenses lodged in woman's eye

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Katerina Kurteeva said she had never seen anything like it before.

Kurteeva, an ophthalmologist with California Eye Associates in Newport Beach, said a patient came into her office complaining of eye pain and blurred vision. She ran through the typical list of diagnoses: a scratched cornea, some type of infection or even lodged debris.

What she found were 23 contact lenses lodged inside the woman's right eye.

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