Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Case Report
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Volume : 5, Issue : 4, Year : 2019
Article Page : 589-592
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2019.134
Abstract
Sap from plants commonly seen in the gardens can cause various degrees of inflammation when the y
enter into the eye. There are few plants which have sap are Calotropis Procera, Euphorbia Tirucalli,
Dieffenbachia Sequine, Candelabra Cactus, Fig etc. The juices of these plants have been shown to possess
several pharmacological properties. Several cases of plant sap -induced keratouveitis reported here, showed
varying clinical signs like lid oedema, corneal epithelial defect, corneal oedema with descements folds and
cells in the anterior chamber. The ocular infl ammation was reversed by the topical application of Steroid
drops, Mydriatics and other supportive measures.
Keywords: Plant sap, Striate keratopathy.
How to cite : Vasantha N, Rajesh T, Haneef M, Haleema A, Parvathy P S, Plant sap keratouveitis. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019;5(4):589-592
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