Clinical features and management of ocular lesions after stings by hymenopteran insects

We describe the ocular alterations and the management after stings from Hymenopteran insects. In all the five patients, the insect was identified as bee. The patients presented with significant corneal edema, which resolved dramatically in three of them after removal of stingers. Among the other two...

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Main Authors:	K S Siddharthan, Anita Raghavan, R Revathi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:	Blindness cataract eye lens risk factors treatment of cataract Low vision care multiple disabilities and visual impairment reading performance Accommodation presbyopia supraciliary segment implants Amblyopia citicoline patching Corneal endothelium human corneal endothelial precursor cells in vitro expansion sphere forming assay thermo-reversible gelation polymer transportation Endophthalmitis explantation fungal intraocular lens postoperative recurrent Colour perception learning disabilities school children stereo acuity testability visual acuity Contracted socket dermis fat graft porous orbital implant reconstruction Glucose in vitro anticataract lens Moringa oliefera ′BARC I-125 Ocu-Prosta seeds′ choroidal melanoma ciliary body melanoma Episcleral plaque brachytherapy retinal angioma retinoblastoma vasoproliferative tumor Congenital glaucoma gonioscopy Retcam Acoustic features A-scan B-scan choroidal mass ultrasound biomicroscopy Cataract surgery education informed consent multimedia rural health Lagophthalmos silicone sling temporalis muscle Contrast sensitivity function disability function peak multiple sclerosis spatial frequency Congenital cataract developmental cataract outcome vision function Bacterial extracellular enzymes keratitis toxins Exotropic Duane retraction syndrome periosteal fixation strabismus surgery vertical rectus transposition Descemet′s stripping endothelial keratoplasty complications donor dislocation endothelial cell loss graft failure management Glaucoma glaucoma experimental parapapillary atrophy Juvenile open angle glaucoma juvenile glaucoma primary trabeculectomy trabeculectomy in young Collagen cross linking keratoconus topography guided custom ablation treatment topography guided photoablation Azithromycin chloramphenicol fluoroquinolone non-chlamydia conjunctival bacteria Ethiopia near vision prevalence of blindness visual outcome Congenital aniridia descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty progressive anterior segment fibrosis syndrome Early removal high doses of steroids mimics microbial keratitis stingers
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Clinical features and management of ocular lesions after stings by hymenopteran insects

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