Deeply Embedded Corneal Foreign Bodies With Fungal Keratitis Secondary to Rambutan Fruit Fall

Rambutan is widely found in remote areas in Southeast Asia. It may lead to serious ocular trauma if it accidentally hits the eyes. This case report describes a patient who presented with deeply embedded cornea foreign body and fungal keratitis following direct ocular trauma by rambutan fruit. This r...

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Autores principales: Rosli, Abdul-Hadi, Abdurrahman, Muhammad Yusuf, Mohd Kamal, Khairidzan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Ophthalmology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8941329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371697
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22413
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description Rambutan is widely found in remote areas in Southeast Asia. It may lead to serious ocular trauma if it accidentally hits the eyes. This case report describes a patient who presented with deeply embedded cornea foreign body and fungal keratitis following direct ocular trauma by rambutan fruit. This report identified the features of this fruit that had the potential to cause serious ocular trauma. Ocular protection equipment is essential to prevent injury during harvesting the fruit.
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spelling pubmed-89413292022-03-31 Deeply Embedded Corneal Foreign Bodies With Fungal Keratitis Secondary to Rambutan Fruit Fall Rosli, Abdul-Hadi Abdurrahman, Muhammad Yusuf Mohd Kamal, Khairidzan Cureus Ophthalmology Rambutan is widely found in remote areas in Southeast Asia. It may lead to serious ocular trauma if it accidentally hits the eyes. This case report describes a patient who presented with deeply embedded cornea foreign body and fungal keratitis following direct ocular trauma by rambutan fruit. This report identified the features of this fruit that had the potential to cause serious ocular trauma. Ocular protection equipment is essential to prevent injury during harvesting the fruit. Cureus 2022-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8941329/ /pubmed/35371697 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22413 Text en Copyright © 2022, Rosli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Deeply Embedded Corneal Foreign Bodies With Fungal Keratitis Secondary to Rambutan Fruit Fall
title_fullStr Deeply Embedded Corneal Foreign Bodies With Fungal Keratitis Secondary to Rambutan Fruit Fall
title_full_unstemmed Deeply Embedded Corneal Foreign Bodies With Fungal Keratitis Secondary to Rambutan Fruit Fall
title_short Deeply Embedded Corneal Foreign Bodies With Fungal Keratitis Secondary to Rambutan Fruit Fall
title_sort deeply embedded corneal foreign bodies with fungal keratitis secondary to rambutan fruit fall
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8941329/
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