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Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect?

Fungal Keratit Mi? Yoksa Küçük Bir Böcek Bizi Yanıltıyor mu?

Pages
107–109
Publication Date
2022-11-06
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We also would like to increase awareness among ophthalmologists about the disease which has a growing distribution area due to climate change.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The pine processionary caterpillar is an insect that has multiple small, thin hairs around its body as a defense mechanism.
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Key Findings & Data:These hairs have a hazardous effect on ocular structures and cause a broad range of reactions from conjunctivitis to endophthalmitis, referred to as ophthalmia nodosa.
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Conclusion & Impact:We also would like to increase awareness among ophthalmologists about the disease which has a growing distribution area due to climate change.
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Abstract

The pine processionary caterpillar is an insect that has multiple small, thin hairs around its body as a defense mechanism. These hairs have a hazardous effect on ocular structures and cause a broad range of reactions from conjunctivitis to endophthalmitis, referred to as ophthalmia nodosa. The diagnosis of the disease is based on the patient’s history and the detection of the hairs on ocular structures. In this report, we present a patient with ophthalmia nodosa misdiagnosed as fungal keratitis, and the actual diagnosis was made by in vivo confocal microscopy. We also would like to increase awareness among ophthalmologists about the disease which has a growing distribution area due to climate change.

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Çam kese böceği (pine processionary caterpillar), savunma mekanizması olarak tüm vücüdunun etrafında küçük, ince tüyler bulunduranbir böcek türüdür. Bu küçük tüyler oküler yapılara toksik olup, konjonktivit tablosundan endoftalmiye kadar çeşitlilik gösterebilenoftalmia nodosa tablosuna yol açabilmektedir. Tanı, hastanın anamnezine ve tüylerin oküler yapılarda gösterilmesine dayanmaktadır.Biz yazımızda, fungal keratit yanlış tanısı konulan ve kesin tanısı in vivo konfokal mikroskopi ile teyit edilen bir oftalmia nodosa olgususunmaktayız. Ayrıca değişen iklim koşulları ile sıklığı artmakta olan bu hastalık konusunda oftalmologların farkındalığını arttırmayıhedeflemekteyiz.

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BAYRAKTUTAR, B. N., TAŞ, A. Y., ŞAHİN, A. (2022). Fungal Keratitis, or Misled by a Small Insect?. Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 50 - Sayı: 2, 107–109. https://ajindex.com/articles/637665

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