Prognosis of corneal wasp sting: Case report and review of the literature

Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-327

  Lai, Pinghong ^a   Yang, Jun ^b   Cui, Hua ^a   Xie, Hui ^a  

^a JIANGXI PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Complications; Corneal sting; Hymenoptera; Ocular injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPENTOLATE; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; EYE PROTECTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT STING; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATOPATHY; LIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; TRAUMATIC CATARACT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; WASP;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORNEAL DISEASES; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OFLOXACIN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; WASPS;

HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 80455124134     PISSN: 15569527     EISSN: 15569535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569527.2011.579930     Document Type: Review

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