Freshwater sponge spicules: a new agent of ocular pathology

Freshwater sponge spicules: a new agent of ocular pathology

In a recent outbreak of human ocular injuries that occurred in the town of Araguatins, at the right bank of Araguaia river, state of Tocantins, Brazil, along the low water period of 2005, two patients (8 and 12-year-old boys) presented inferior adherent leukoma in the left eye (OS), and peripherical...

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Main Authors: Cecilia Volkmer-Ribeiro, Henrique L Lenzi, Fernando Oréfice, Marcelo Pelajo-Machado, Leandro M de Alencar, Carlos F Fonseca, Twiggy CA Batista, Pedro PA Manso, Janice Coelho, Marcelo Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2006-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Drulia uruguayensis
Drulia ctenosclera
eye
ocular pathology
sponge spicules
foreign body
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