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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