The association of uveitis and vitiligo has long been established in specific disease entities: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome and sympathetic ophthalmia. We report an unusual case of topical chloramphenicol allergy associated with an anterior uveitis with subsequent poliosis and periocular vitiligo, following anterior approach levator advancement surgery.

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