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Ophthalmia nodosa secondary to intraocular, white-marked tussock caterpillar setae (Orgyia leucostigma) in a 15-year-old

A 15-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of pain and swelling of her right eye following ocular contact with a caterpillar. Caterpillars of the white-marked tussock moth and other related species possess hairlike structures called setae, with angled barbs along...

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Autores principales: Levy, Sydney, Posa, Molly, Kelly, Maria, Samaha, J Reeves, Otero, Jaclyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10176542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37187492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X231172563