Purpose: This review aims to provide a detailed update in Seasonal hypercute panuveitis
(SHAPU) which is a blinding disease of unknown etiology reported only from Nepal …

Eye injury remains the leading cause of monocular blindness in children despite 90% of
injuries being potentially preventable. Children interact with animals in a variety of …

Purpose: To report anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) characteristics
of different types of corneal and anterior chamber (AC) foreign bodies (FBs) and their …

Seasonal hyperacute panuveitis (SHAPU) is a potentially blinding ocular disease occurring
in Nepal that principally affects young children. Random amplification of partially purified …

Purpose: Hairs from the caterpillar of the pine processionary moth, Thaumetopoea
pityocampa, located in the pine forests of southern Europe and elsewhere, can become …

Although a native of southern Europe, the thermophilic oak processionary moth (OPM,
Thaumetopoea processionea) is expanding its prevalence to encompass Central and …

Purpose To evaluate a consecutive series of patients that presented with ocular findings
after contact with the oak processionary caterpillar (OPC) during an epidemic reproduction …

In recent years, injuries resulting from human contact with Lepidoptera species have
become an increasing health problem in different regions around the world, occasionally …

Purpose: Multimodal imaging of processionary caterpillar hair–induced keratitis with anterior
segment optical coherence tomography and in vivo confocal microscopy. Methods: Case …

Discussion Ophthalmia nodosa is defined as an ocular granulomatous reaction caused by
hairs or spines of insects or plants. Most cases have been described after exposure to the …