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Case Reports
. 2020 Sep 14:37:54.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.54.20267. eCollection 2020.

Corneal bee sting: improvement in the acute stage in the absence of treatment

Michael Carl Chen  1   2   3 , Veniamin Melnychuk  3
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Case Reports

Corneal bee sting: improvement in the acute stage in the absence of treatment

Michael Carl Chen et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Bee sting injuries to the eye are relatively uncommon. The outcomes of corneal bee sting injuries are highly variable, and there is no consensus on the management at the time of initial presentation. We report a case of a 17-year-old male with a corneal bee sting injury that significantly improved in the acute stage without any treatment, which to the best of our knowledge is the first report in the literature documenting the natural history of a corneal bee sting injury in the acute stage.

Keywords: Bee sting; cornea; eye; ophthalmology.

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The authors declare no competing interest.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
slit lamp photos one day post injury, showing the stinger with associated infiltrate (thick arrow) and hypopyon (thin arrow)
Figure 2
Figure 2
slit lamp photos four days post injury, showing the improved infiltrate (thick arrow) and resolution of the hypopyon
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