Ophthalmia nodosa with intraocular caterpillar setae
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Ophthalmia nodosa due to caterpillar hairs.
CASES of ophthalmia nodosa attributable to caterpillar hairs have been recorded in the literature from time to time during the last hundred years. The first description was published by Schon (1861) and further cases have been described by others including Pagenstecher (1883), Wagenmann (1890), Elschnig (1895). The name ophthalmia nodosa was given by Saemisch (1904). Only two British authors ha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(11)60025-7