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'''Pterygium''' is a common benign pathology of the [[eye]]. It is also known as '''surfer eye'''. | '''Pterygium''' is a common benign pathology of the [[eye]]. It is also known as '''surfer eye'''. | ||
It is similar to [[pinguecula]] and Raizada ''et al.''<ref name=pmid1031388>{{Cite journal | last1 = Raizada | first1 = IN. | last2 = Bhatnagar | first2 = NK. | title = Pinguecula and pterygium (a histopathological study). | journal = Indian J Ophthalmol | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 16-8 | month = Jul | year = 1976 | doi = | PMID = 1031388 | URL = http://www.ijo.in/text.asp?2007/55/1/83/29517 }}</ref> suggest ''pinguecula'' is an early | It is similar to [[pinguecula]] and Raizada ''et al.''<ref name=pmid1031388>{{Cite journal | last1 = Raizada | first1 = IN. | last2 = Bhatnagar | first2 = NK. | title = Pinguecula and pterygium (a histopathological study). | journal = Indian J Ophthalmol | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 16-8 | month = Jul | year = 1976 | doi = | PMID = 1031388 | URL = http://www.ijo.in/text.asp?2007/55/1/83/29517 }}</ref> suggest ''pinguecula'' is an early pterygium; however, this is disputed. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||