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Insect Wing Case: Unusual Foreign Body

 

作者: Rajesh Fogla,   Srinivas Rao,   A. Anand,   H. Madhavan,  

 

期刊: Cornea  (OVID Available online 2001)
卷期: Volume 20, issue 1  

页码: 119-121

 

ISSN:0277-3740

 

年代: 2001

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: Cornea;Foreign body;Infection;Insect;Wing case

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

Purpose.To report five cases of insect wing case foreign body.Methods.Clinical presentation, investigations, management, and outcome of these cases are discussed.Results.Five patients, four males and one female, in the age group from 4 to 55 years presented with an insect wing case embedded in the cornea or peripheral limbus. All patients were relatively asymptomatic, and the foreign body was associated with vascularization and infiltration. Culture of the foreign body after removal showedStaphylococcus epidermidisin two cases andCorynebacteriumspecies andMycobacterium fortuitumin one case each. All patients responded to removal of the wing case foreign body and treatment with topical ciprofloxacin (0.3%).Conclusion.Insect wing case is an unusual foreign body and produces minimal symptoms and may be associated with infective agents in some patients.

 

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