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Figure 1: 1a shows a hyperreflective structure (yellow arrow head) embedded in the anterior cornea, suggestive of an intracorneal sugarcane particle. The proximal end of the particle can be seen piercing through the corneal epithelium and anterior stroma causing a lamellar laceration. 1b shows that the sugarcane particle was held using Lim’s forceps (red arrow) while looking at the real-time images provided by Mi-OCT. 1c shows the tract of the sugarcane particle which appeared as a hyporeflective space (orange arrowhead) in the anterior cornea. 1d shows the second sugarcane particle which appeared as a hyperreflective structure (yellow arrowhead), with a narrow tract (yellow arrow). ILM forceps (blue arrow) was guided using the real-time images to retrieve it atraumatically. 1e shows the sugarcane particle lying on the corneal surface after removal. It appeared hyperreflective with back shadowing. 1f shows lamellar tissue defect (red arrowhead) once both foreign bodies were removed.