Title :

Toxic keratopathy following exposure to palytoxin from domestic Palythoa coral: A case report.

Translated title :

Kératopathie toxique secondaire à une exposition à palytoxine issue de coraux domestiques du genre Palythoa

Author(s) :

Béal, L. [Auteur]
Service d’Exploration de la Vision et Neuro-ophtalmologie [CHU Lille]
Roquancourt, T [Auteur]
Rouland, Jean-Francois [Auteur]
Lille Neurosciences & Cognition (LilNCog) - U 1172

Journal title :

Journal Français D'Ophtalmologie

Abbreviated title :

J Fr Ophtalmol

Publication date :

2022-12-01

ISSN :

1773-0597

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

Palytoxin (PTX), a biotoxin originating from seawater soft corals (spp. Palythoa and Zoanthus), is a powerful toxic agent causing severe keratopathy after ocular exposure [1]. The resulting atypical clinical picture is ...
Show more >Palytoxin (PTX), a biotoxin originating from seawater soft corals (spp. Palythoa and Zoanthus), is a powerful toxic agent causing severe keratopathy after ocular exposure [1]. The resulting atypical clinical picture is marked by acute damage to the ocular surface, with corneal ulceration and altered underlying stroma as well as varying degrees of severity up to perforation. There are no specific clinical and biological markers for PTX, so anamnesis is essential for the diagnosis [2]. We report a case of keratopathy secondary to exposure to PTX that occurred during cleaning of a domestic aquarium.Show less >

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
Inserm
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Lille Neurosciences & Cognition (LilNCog) - U 1172

Submission date :

2024-06-22T21:55:29Z
2024-07-03T06:22:54Z