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Lacrimal caruncle
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The lacrimal caruncle, or caruncula lacrimalis, is the small, pink, globular nodule at the inner corner (the medial canthus) of the eye.[1] It consists of tissue types of neighbouring eye structures. It may suffer from lesions and allergic inflammation.
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Lacrimal caruncle | |
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![]() Front of left eye with eyelids separated. Caruncula visible and labeled at left. | |
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System | Eye |
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Latin | caruncula lacrimalis |
TA98 | A15.2.07.049 |
TA2 | 6844 |
FMA | 77672 |
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