The red eye revisited : Ophthalmia nodosa due to tarantula hairs

We present the case of a 17-year-old girl who came to our center with a red irritated eye from exposure to tarantula hairs. An ophthalmology literature search revealed six reported cases. There have been no reports of these cases in the general medical and pediatric literature. Due to the increasing...

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Published inSouthern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 91; no. 6; pp. 565 - 567
Main Authors BELYEA, D. A, TUMAN, D. C, WARD, T. P, BABONIS, T. R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.06.1998
Subjects
Adolescent
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of cornea, anterior segment and sclera
Endophthalmitis - diagnosis
Endophthalmitis - etiology
Eye Foreign Bodies - complications
Eye Foreign Bodies - diagnosis
Female
Hair - anatomy & histology
Handling (Psychology)
Humans
Medical sciences
Ophthalmology
Spiders
Human
Nodosity
Insecta
Case study
Eye
Eye disease
Treatment
Etiology
Arthropoda
Female
Invertebrata
Bibliographic review
Irritation
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Summary:We present the case of a 17-year-old girl who came to our center with a red irritated eye from exposure to tarantula hairs. An ophthalmology literature search revealed six reported cases. There have been no reports of these cases in the general medical and pediatric literature. Due to the increasing popularity of tarantulas as pets, we present the following case report and discussion to bring attention to this potential complication of tarantula handling.
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ISSN:0038-4348
1541-8243
DOI:10.1097/00007611-199806000-00011