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What are the cause of yellow spot on eye?is it jaundice or pinguecula?
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Pinguecula: These are yellow spots horizontally next to the cornea at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions. Jaundice stains the sclera so the entire white of the eye becomes yellow.
Answered 1/19/2021
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