Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon Plant

We report a case of a 65-year-old woman with symptoms of blurred vision and ocular irritation a few hours after accidental contact of the right eye with Asclepias physocarpa milky latex. Observation showed a diffuse conjunctival hyperemia and stromal corneal edema with Descemet's membrane folds...

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Autores principales: Pina, Susana, Pedrosa, Catarina, Santos, Cristina, Feijóo, Bernardo, Pego, Peter, Vendrell, Cristina, Santos, Maria João, Prieto, Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4101946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25105044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/829469
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Sumario:We report a case of a 65-year-old woman with symptoms of blurred vision and ocular irritation a few hours after accidental contact of the right eye with Asclepias physocarpa milky latex. Observation showed a diffuse conjunctival hyperemia and stromal corneal edema with Descemet's membrane folds. Recovery was fast and apparently complete in less than one month. However, specular microscopy at 6-months follow-up showed an abnormal endothelial morphology as sequelae, suggesting this condition is not as innocuous as it has been suggested.

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