title: Ocular surface injury from a microwave superheated egg resulting in a pseudopterygium.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the first case of ocular surface injury resulting in a pseudopterygium from a microwave superheated egg.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 12-year-old girl sustained an ocular surface injury resulting in a pseudopterygium from a microwave superheated egg.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Microwave superheated eggs can result in ocular injury. This case illustrates the potential ocular danger involved with microwave ovens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dickinson
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000293:injuries; D003296:Cooking; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000293:injuries*; D005107:Explosions; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000209:etiology*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology; D005138:Eyebrows; D005143:Eyelids / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008872:Microwaves; D010063:Ovum; D011625:Pterygium / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity