Citation

Hered RW, Spaulding AG, Sanitato JJ, Wander AH. Ophthalmology 1988; 95(2): 166-169.

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, OH 45267-0527.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3262847

Abstract

A young woman presented with ocular discomfort after handling her pet tarantula. Multiple fine hairs were detected on the eyelids, in the palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva, and in the corneal epithelium and stroma. In addition, foreign body granulomas were found in the conjunctiva. Six months later, peripheral chorioretinal lesions were seen. The clinical and histologic findings in this case closely resemble the findings in ophthalmia nodosa caused by caterpillar hairs.

Language: en