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Case report: Aquarium palytoxin induced keratoconjunctivitis
PURPOSE: This case report describes the therapeutic management of a 61-year-old male who experienced aquarium coral keratoconjunctivitis caused by exposure to palytoxin and provides an additional resource to raise awareness and treat patients with ocular exposure to palytoxin. OBSERVATIONS: A 61-yea...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8807980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35128163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101326 |
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author | MacMillan, Kathleen M. Sharma, Vijay Shoham-Hazon, Nir |
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description | PURPOSE: This case report describes the therapeutic management of a 61-year-old male who experienced aquarium coral keratoconjunctivitis caused by exposure to palytoxin and provides an additional resource to raise awareness and treat patients with ocular exposure to palytoxin. OBSERVATIONS: A 61-year-old male inadvertently touched his left eye while cleaning an aquarium. Within 24 hours, pain, redness and visual blurring was noted. After 48 hours his best corrected visual acuity was measured at 20/25 on the right eye and 20/200 on the left. A thick mucopurulent discharge was present with associated conjunctival edema. The corneal epithelium was denuded centrally and inferiorly with subepithelial infiltrates peripherally. The patient was treated with topical moxifloxacin (0.5%) drops 6x/day and prednisolone acetate (1%) 4x/day. He was seen for follow up 48 hours later with a significant improvement in discomfort. Vision had improved to 20/60 with resolution of conjunctival edema, partial corneal epithelialization and reduced erythema. Cultures for culture and sensitivity returned as normal. The patient's steroid regime was gradually tapered during reassessments at four and ten days by which time the left eye acuity had returned to 20/25 with no symptoms. Therapy was discontinued with the exception of artificial tears. The patient continued to do well at his 42-day follow-up appointment with persistent corneal epithelialization, absence of infiltrates and a stable visual acuity of 20/25 in the affected eye. His local optometrist confirmed that the acuity was consistent with measurements obtained prior to the insult. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of moxifloxacin eye drops and prednisolone acetate eye drops were effective in treating the patient's aquarium coral keratoconjunctivitis as after being treated the patient regained his baseline visual acuity in the affected eye (best corrected visual acuity of 20/25). IMPORTANCE: Currently, there are only a handful of case-reports published on ocular exposure to palytoxin. This case report will add to the literature by providing an additional resource for health care providers, in the treatment of patients with ocular exposure to palytoxin and increasing awareness to this rare condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-88079802022-02-04 Case report: Aquarium palytoxin induced keratoconjunctivitis MacMillan, Kathleen M. Sharma, Vijay Shoham-Hazon, Nir Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: This case report describes the therapeutic management of a 61-year-old male who experienced aquarium coral keratoconjunctivitis caused by exposure to palytoxin and provides an additional resource to raise awareness and treat patients with ocular exposure to palytoxin. OBSERVATIONS: A 61-year-old male inadvertently touched his left eye while cleaning an aquarium. Within 24 hours, pain, redness and visual blurring was noted. After 48 hours his best corrected visual acuity was measured at 20/25 on the right eye and 20/200 on the left. A thick mucopurulent discharge was present with associated conjunctival edema. The corneal epithelium was denuded centrally and inferiorly with subepithelial infiltrates peripherally. The patient was treated with topical moxifloxacin (0.5%) drops 6x/day and prednisolone acetate (1%) 4x/day. He was seen for follow up 48 hours later with a significant improvement in discomfort. Vision had improved to 20/60 with resolution of conjunctival edema, partial corneal epithelialization and reduced erythema. Cultures for culture and sensitivity returned as normal. The patient's steroid regime was gradually tapered during reassessments at four and ten days by which time the left eye acuity had returned to 20/25 with no symptoms. Therapy was discontinued with the exception of artificial tears. The patient continued to do well at his 42-day follow-up appointment with persistent corneal epithelialization, absence of infiltrates and a stable visual acuity of 20/25 in the affected eye. His local optometrist confirmed that the acuity was consistent with measurements obtained prior to the insult. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of moxifloxacin eye drops and prednisolone acetate eye drops were effective in treating the patient's aquarium coral keratoconjunctivitis as after being treated the patient regained his baseline visual acuity in the affected eye (best corrected visual acuity of 20/25). IMPORTANCE: Currently, there are only a handful of case-reports published on ocular exposure to palytoxin. This case report will add to the literature by providing an additional resource for health care providers, in the treatment of patients with ocular exposure to palytoxin and increasing awareness to this rare condition. Elsevier 2022-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8807980/ /pubmed/35128163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101326 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report MacMillan, Kathleen M. Sharma, Vijay Shoham-Hazon, Nir Case report: Aquarium palytoxin induced keratoconjunctivitis |
title | Case report: Aquarium palytoxin induced keratoconjunctivitis |
title_full | Case report: Aquarium palytoxin induced keratoconjunctivitis |
title_fullStr | Case report: Aquarium palytoxin induced keratoconjunctivitis |
title_full_unstemmed | Case report: Aquarium palytoxin induced keratoconjunctivitis |
title_short | Case report: Aquarium palytoxin induced keratoconjunctivitis |
title_sort | case report: aquarium palytoxin induced keratoconjunctivitis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8807980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35128163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101326 |
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