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Bitot's spots are the buildup of keratin located superficially in the conjunctiva of human's eyes. They can be oval, triangular or irregular in shape. The spots are a sign of vitamin A deficiency and associated with drying of the cornea. In 1863, the French physician Pierre Bitot (1822–1888) first described these spots.
The spots may abate under replacement therapy.
In ancient Egypt, this was treated with animal liver, which is where vitamin A is stored.
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Bitot's Spot in Vitamin A Deficiency - NEJM
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Bitot's spots, dry eyes, and night blindness indicate vitamin A deficiency - The Lancet
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Hepatitis A Leading to Severe Vitamin A Deficiency and Bitot's Spots in a Three-Year-Old Male Child: A Case Report - Cureus
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Bitot's spots following hemicolectomy - Nature
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Bitot spot: early marker for avoidable blindness - CMAJ
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Clinical vitamin A deficiency among preschool aged children in southwest Ethiopia - Frontiers
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Nyctalopia and Xerophthalmia in a Patient With Crohn’s Induced Vitamin A Deficiency - Cureus
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PGI Doctors report a classical case of Bitot’s Spots - Medical Dialogues
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Xerophthalmia—a potential epidemic on our doorstep? - Nature
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Three out of every four of 100 million little Indians not covered by national vitamin A prophylaxis programme - India Today
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Vitamin A deficiency presenting with microbial keratitis in two patients in the UK - Nature
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