Ocular Signs Due To Hornet Sting.
- Author:
Soon Kak HONG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Bites and Stings*;
Blepharoptosis;
Cataract;
Cornea;
Humans;
Intraocular Pressure;
Male;
Mydriasis;
Wasps*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1958;1(1):27-30
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
A 13 years old boy visited the clinic on 19 October 1946. He was bited by the hornet on the right ocular region when he was playing in the mountain on 18 September 1949. On his first visit, the eye revealed the following ocular sings in the affected eye; (1) Blepharoptosis. (2) Diffuse stromal opacity of the cornea. (3) Dullness of Corneal sensitivity. (4) Mydriasis. (5) Increase of ocular tension. (6) Cataract.
