Manchineel keratoconjunctivitis.

Manchineel keratoconjunctivitis.

The Manchineel tree is an evergreen widely distributed in tropical regions. The toxic nature of Manchineel has been known since the early sixteenth century. Contact with its milky sap (latex) produces bullous dermatitis and acute keratoconjunctivitis. We identified 19 patients who had ocular injuries caused by Manchineel between 1985 and 1990 and were able to review 12. All of these patients ha...

Manchineel poisoning bradyarrhythmia: a possible association.

Tuberculous keratoconjunctivitis.

A 15-year-old West Indian boy had a left keratoconjunctivitis (KC) initially thought to be allergic in origin. He then developed a facial vesicular skin rash and a diagnosis of herpes simplex was suspected. Viral cultures were negative and there was a poor response to topical antiviral treatment. The KC progressed and became bilateral causing considerable reduction in the visual acuities. He co...

Keratoconjunctivitis artefacta.

Six cases of keratoconjunctivitis caused by self-inflicted injury are described. The diagnosis is suggested by the combination of the characteristic sharply delineated lesions localised in the more accessible inferior and nasal quadrants of the bulbar conjunctiva and cornea, together with the unconcerned attitude of the patient and other psychological features. Secondary post-traumatic erosions...

Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis

1. A virus has been isolated from two patients suffering with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. 2. At first the virus could be maintained only by the inoculation of tissue cultures (serum ultrafiltrate and embryonic mouse brain) with conjunctival scrapings or with emulsified mouse brains from early passage animals. Later it caused a fatal disease in every mouse into which it was inoculated, and co...