Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect?
| Autor: | Betül Nurefşan Bayraktutar, Ayse Yıldız Taş, Afsun Şahin |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, Vol 50, Iss 2, Pp 107-109 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1300-0659 2147-2661 |
| DOI: | 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2019.30670 |
| Popis: | The pine processionary caterpillar is an insect that has multiple small, thin hairs around its body as a defense mechanism. These hairs have a hazardous effect on ocular structures and cause a broad range of reactions from conjunctivitis to endophthalmitis, referred to as ophthalmia nodosa. The diagnosis of the disease is based on the patient’s history and the detection of the hairs on ocular structures. In this report, we present a patient with ophthalmia nodosa misdiagnosed as fungal keratitis, and the actual diagnosis was made by in vivo confocal microscopy. We also would like to increase awareness among ophthalmologists about the disease which has a growing distribution area due to climate change. |
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