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How can an injury cause heterochromia?
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Heterochromia: Injury to the eye can cause focal damage to the iris-- in the traumatized area, the local muscle damage can cause the iris to lose pigment, thus causing heterochromia. There are also inherited causes of heterochromia.
Answered 4/12/2018
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