Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect?
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 diag...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-791f57374e8e452db064dbb2274a5c582023-02-15T16:17:03ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Oftalmoloji Dergisi1300-06592147-26612020-04-0150210710910.4274/tjo.galenos.2019.3067013049054Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect?Betül Nurefşan Bayraktutar0Ayse Yıldız Taş1Afsun Şahin2 New England Göz Merkezi, Kornea Servisi, Göz Hastalıkları Bölümü, Tufts Tıp Merkezi, Tufts Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Boston, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Koç Üniversitesi Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye Koç Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye 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. http://www.oftalmoloji.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/fungal-keratitis-or-misled-by-a-small-nsect/37363 pine processionary caterpillarfungal keratitisin vivo confocal microscopykeratitis ophthalmia nodosa |
| spellingShingle | Betül Nurefşan Bayraktutar Ayse Yıldız Taş Afsun Şahin Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect? Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi pine processionary caterpillar fungal keratitis in vivo confocal microscopy keratitis ophthalmia nodosa |
| title | Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect? |
| title_full | Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect? |
| title_fullStr | Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect? |
| title_short | Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect? |
| title_sort | fungal keratitis or misled by a small insect |
| topic | pine processionary caterpillar fungal keratitis in vivo confocal microscopy keratitis ophthalmia nodosa |
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