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Case Reports
. 2015 Dec;29(6):435-6.
doi: 10.3341/kjo.2015.29.6.435. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Sympathetic Ophthalmia after Ocular Wasp Sting

Jong Chan Im  1 , Yong Koo Kang  1 , Tae In Park  2 , Jae Pil Shin  1 , Hong Kyun Kim  1
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Case Reports

Sympathetic Ophthalmia after Ocular Wasp Sting

Jong Chan Im et al. Korean J Ophthalmol. 2015 Dec.
No abstract available

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Fig. 1. Changes of the injured and fellow eyes after wasp sting. (A) Slit-lamp examination of the right eye shows infiltration of the corneal and perilimbal sclera (black arrow). (B) Keratic precipitates present on the posterior corneal surface of the right eye. (C) Corneal stromal infiltration had remarkably worsened in the right eye. (D) The uninjured eye shows keratic precipitates (white arrows) and cells in the anterior chamber two months after wasp sting. (E) Multiple small whitish-yellow infiltrations (black arrowheads) are seen in the retina of the fellow eye. (F) Fluorescein angiography shows multiple hyperfluorescent spots (white arrowheads) in the uninjured eye. (G) Histopathological study of the injured eye shows inflammatory infiltrations in the ciliary body, and the anterior chamber is filled with inflammatory exudate (asterisk) (H&E, ×10). (H) Lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, and pigmented melanocytes infiltrate in the choroid and retina (H&E, ×200).
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