Ocular Injury Caused by the Bombardier Beetle

We report a case of ocular injury caused by a bombardier beetle in a young boy. Ocular injuries due to this coleoptera have not previously been reported. An 11-year-old boy experienced an eye injury while trying to place a bombardier beetle inside an anthill. The boy was diagnosed with a second-degr...

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Autores principales: Villada, Jose Ramon, Panos, Maria Inmaculada, Del Cerro, Irene, Granados, Jose Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34326764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000517740
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author Villada, Jose Ramon
Panos, Maria Inmaculada
Del Cerro, Irene
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description We report a case of ocular injury caused by a bombardier beetle in a young boy. Ocular injuries due to this coleoptera have not previously been reported. An 11-year-old boy experienced an eye injury while trying to place a bombardier beetle inside an anthill. The boy was diagnosed with a second-degree burn on the skin of the upper right eyelid and conjunctival and corneal erosion in the right eye. The condition resolved completely after 2 weeks of appropriate treatment. Education about the dangers of playing with insects is crucial to prevent this type of lesions.
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spelling pubmed-82994212021-07-28 Ocular Injury Caused by the Bombardier Beetle Villada, Jose Ramon Panos, Maria Inmaculada Del Cerro, Irene Granados, Jose Manuel Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report We report a case of ocular injury caused by a bombardier beetle in a young boy. Ocular injuries due to this coleoptera have not previously been reported. An 11-year-old boy experienced an eye injury while trying to place a bombardier beetle inside an anthill. The boy was diagnosed with a second-degree burn on the skin of the upper right eyelid and conjunctival and corneal erosion in the right eye. The condition resolved completely after 2 weeks of appropriate treatment. Education about the dangers of playing with insects is crucial to prevent this type of lesions. S. Karger AG 2021-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8299421/ /pubmed/34326764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000517740 Text en Copyright © 2021 by S. Karger AG, Basel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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