All are true about Membranous conjunctivitis EXCEPT: (A) Easy to peel, (B) Caused by corynebacterium, (C) May lead to cicatrisation, (D) May cause corneal ulceration
Answer is A. Easy to peel REF: khurana 4th ed p. 59 Acute membranous conjunctivitis Etiology: C.diptheriae, streptococcus hemolyticus Conjunctival membrane: thick, grey yellow, firmly adherent and bleeds on touch preauricular lymphadenopathy seen Complications: corneal ulcers, cicatrisation, Symblepharon, trichiasis, entropion and conjuctival xerosis.