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Ocular Injury Caused by the Sprayed Venom of the Asian Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia)

This report presents the details of a case of sight-threatening injury in the right eye of a 77-year-old man which was caused by the venom of the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia). The patient was not stung, rather the venom was sprayed into his eye. Although the injured eye was washed as a firs...

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Autores principales: Hirano, Koji, Tanikawa, Atsuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7506230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000508911