Euphorbia Plant Induced Toxic Keratopathy
This case report illustrates the severe injury to eye secondary to accidental inoculation of latex content of Euphorbia plant. An 18 years old was given the task of trimming the hedge in the evening. During trimming, he accidentally traumatized his right eye with leaf sap. He reported to the emergen...
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| description | This case report illustrates the severe injury to eye secondary to accidental inoculation of latex content of Euphorbia plant. An 18 years old was given the task of trimming the hedge in the evening. During trimming, he accidentally traumatized his right eye with leaf sap. He reported to the emergency department few hours later with profound loss of vision. On examination, he had a large epithelial defect covering almost three-quarter of the cornea with signs of keratouveitis. After copious irrigation of his right eye, he was managed conservatively with regular follow up. After two weeks, his epithelial defect healed and the anterior chamber became quiet. This case highlights the importance of wearing protective wear during gardening, cutting trees. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest patient with such a large corneal defect almost covering the cornea secondary to euphorbia plant induced latex toxicity |
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| spelling | doaj-art-33f27dba29bb4483a830ae930e3565562025-08-20T02:11:16ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology0972-02002454-27842020-10-01312939410.7869/djo.602Euphorbia Plant Induced Toxic KeratopathyAtul Kumar SinghAshish PandeyAnjali MaheshwariThis case report illustrates the severe injury to eye secondary to accidental inoculation of latex content of Euphorbia plant. An 18 years old was given the task of trimming the hedge in the evening. During trimming, he accidentally traumatized his right eye with leaf sap. He reported to the emergency department few hours later with profound loss of vision. On examination, he had a large epithelial defect covering almost three-quarter of the cornea with signs of keratouveitis. After copious irrigation of his right eye, he was managed conservatively with regular follow up. After two weeks, his epithelial defect healed and the anterior chamber became quiet. This case highlights the importance of wearing protective wear during gardening, cutting trees. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest patient with such a large corneal defect almost covering the cornea secondary to euphorbia plant induced latex toxicityhttps://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.602corneal toxicityuphorbiakeratuveitisplant sap |
| spellingShingle | Atul Kumar Singh Ashish Pandey Anjali Maheshwari Euphorbia Plant Induced Toxic Keratopathy Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology corneal toxicity uphorbia keratuveitis plant sap |
| title | Euphorbia Plant Induced Toxic Keratopathy |
| title_full | Euphorbia Plant Induced Toxic Keratopathy |
| title_fullStr | Euphorbia Plant Induced Toxic Keratopathy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Euphorbia Plant Induced Toxic Keratopathy |
| title_short | Euphorbia Plant Induced Toxic Keratopathy |
| title_sort | euphorbia plant induced toxic keratopathy |
| topic | corneal toxicity uphorbia keratuveitis plant sap |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.602 |
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