Caterpillar-induced keratitis.

Autor: Teske SA; Department of Ophthalmology, Repatriation General Hospital, Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia., Hirst LW, Gibson BH, O'Connor PA, Watts WH, Carey TM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cornea [Cornea] 1991 Jul; Vol. 10 (4), pp. 317-21.
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199107000-00007
Abstrakt: Caterpillar hairs are responsible for a well-described though infrequent form of ocular trauma and disease sometimes referred to under the term ophthalmia nodosa. Four patients with this condition are presented with a review of the pathology and treatment guidelines.
Databáze: MEDLINE