Titre
Keratouveitis caused by sap of Euphorbia myrsinites plant.
Type
étude de cas
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Bessero, A.C.
Auteure/Auteur
Achache, F.
Auteure/Auteur
Guex-Crosier, Y.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
ISSN
0023-2165
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Volume
225
Numéro
5
Première page
451
Dernière page/numéro d’article
452
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Résumé
BACKGROUND: Euphorbia plants grow in many gardens. Their milky latex is, however, a strong irritant which may induce various ocular lesions from keratoconjunctivitis to severe uveitis. HISTORY AND SIGNS: A 86-year-old woman developed a unilateral severe anterior chamber inflammation associated with descemtic folds after direct contact with sap of Euphorbia. Visual acuity was limited to counting fingers. Her eye was operated from filtering surgery ten years previously. The patient was closely followed to rule out the diagnosis of bacterial endophthalmitis. THERAPY AND OUTCOME: Symptoms progressively resolved after topical administration of 3 mg/mL ofloxacine and 1 % prednisolone acetate. CONCLUSIONS: Euphorbia sap toxicity may take different forms from keratoconjunctivitis to severe uveitis. Euphorbia sap-induced uveitis should be kept in mind when the patient has seen in contact with freshly cut plants.
PID Serval
serval:BIB_3AEC9028FF0C
PMID
Date de création
2009-01-22T13:53:40.552Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T16:29:30Z