A painful, red eye.

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At Largo (Fla.) Medical Center, Karen Kushner is a PA in emergency medicine and Jeffrey Kushner is a medical resident. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Published: November 2014

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