J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1968 Sep;9(2_3):39-42.

Wasp Sting on the Eyeball

• Choe GY
• Chi KU

Abstract

The authors presented two cases of wasp sting on the eyeball. In the first case the ocluar involvements following the sting of wasp on the central cornea were desquamation of the central corneal epithelium, striated keratitis, bullous keratitis, conneal edema, stromal staining by fluorescein dye to the depth of about two thirds of the cornea, auterior polar cataract, irreversible depigmentation of the iris, stromal atrophy of the iris mydrasis which did not respond even to repeated instillations of eserine. Corneal lesions led to dystrophic changes later. The second case showed thick cortical cataract, progressive decrease of intraocular pressure and complete blindness without significant corneal and iris involvements following wasp sting on the medial bulbar conjunctiva. The cause of the complete blindness and the progressive decrease of intraocular pressure is unexplainable but it may be a direct effect of venom onto the optic nerve and the ciliary body.

MeSH Terms

Atrophy
Bites and Stings*
Blindness
Cataract
Ciliary Body
Conjunctiva
Cornea
Edema
Epithelium, Corneal
Fluorescein
Intraocular Pressure
Iris
Keratitis
Optic Nerve
Physostigmine
Venoms
Wasps*
Fluorescein
Physostigmine
Venoms