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. Rec...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-4af2a962464d4694a6f85a96fea6cbe92025-02-03T05:50:10ZengWileyCase Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine2090-67222090-67302014-01-01201410.1155/2014/829469829469Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon PlantSusana Pina0Catarina Pedrosa1Cristina Santos2Bernardo Feijóo3Peter Pego4Cristina Vendrell5Maria João Santos6Isabel Prieto7Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando da Fonseca, Estrada IC-19, 2720-276 Amadora, PortugalOphthalmology Department, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando da Fonseca, Estrada IC-19, 2720-276 Amadora, PortugalOphthalmology Department, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando da Fonseca, Estrada IC-19, 2720-276 Amadora, PortugalOphthalmology Department, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando da Fonseca, Estrada IC-19, 2720-276 Amadora, PortugalOphthalmology Department, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando da Fonseca, Estrada IC-19, 2720-276 Amadora, PortugalOphthalmology Department, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando da Fonseca, Estrada IC-19, 2720-276 Amadora, PortugalOphthalmology Department, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando da Fonseca, Estrada IC-19, 2720-276 Amadora, PortugalOphthalmology Department, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando da Fonseca, Estrada IC-19, 2720-276 Amadora, PortugalWe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/829469 |
| spellingShingle | Susana Pina Catarina Pedrosa Cristina Santos Bernardo Feijóo Peter Pego Cristina Vendrell Maria João Santos Isabel Prieto Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon Plant Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine |
| title | Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon Plant |
| title_full | Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon Plant |
| title_fullStr | Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon Plant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon Plant |
| title_short | Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon Plant |
| title_sort | ocular toxicity secondary to asclepias physocarpa the balloon plant |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/829469 |
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