Bee sting keratopathy with retained stinger
Bee sting keratopathy with retained stinger作者机构:Ophthalmology DepartmentUniversity of MalayaJalan University50603Kuala LumpurWilayah PersekutuanKuala LumpurMalaysia Ophthalmology DepartmentQueen Elizabeth HospitalKarung Berkunci No.2029Jalan PenampangKota Kinabalu88560Kota KinabaluSabahMalaysia
出 版 物:《Journal of Coastal Life Medicine》 (海岸生命医学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2016年第1期
页 面:83-84页
学科分类:08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术(可授工学、理学学位)]
主 题:Striate keratitis Corneal wasp sting keratopathy Stinger Venom Bullous keratopathy
摘 要:This case report aims to report an uncommon case of bee sting keratopathy with retained stinger.A 55-year-old man presented with left cornea bee sting while gardening two days prior to first *** complained of severe eye pain with redness,tearing and blurring of *** examination,his right eye visual acuity was 6/6 and in left eye was hand *** was generalized conjunctival hyperemia and cornea showing significant descemet striae.A bee stinger with surrounding infiltration noted at 2 o clock was associated with striate *** was deeply seated at the posterior third of cornea stroma near to paracentral *** was mid-dilated with absence of relative afferent pupillary *** was neither hypopyon nor *** posterior segment could not be visualized due to severe corneal ***,B-scan ultrasound was *** stinger was removed under local anaesthesia on the day of ***-operatively,patient was administered with topical moxifloxacin and topical non steroidal anti-inflammatory *** weeks later,there was resolution of cornea infiltrate with improvement of striate keratitis and his vision was improved to 1/***,cornea edema did not regress but ended up with bullous *** patient has undergone descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty and his vision was improved to 6/*** recommend early stinger removal to reduce the possible sequelae of bee sting toxicity for better visual outcome.