Self-induced Corneal Crystals

Corneal injury by wild taro

“…There is no previous case report on ocular injury caused by Alocasia macrorrhiza . Spontaneous resolution of the corneal crystals is common in crystalline keratopathy caused by Dieffenbachia and was also seen in our case 1–3 …”

“…Crystalline keratopathy caused by exposure to the sap of Dieffenbachia plant has been described previously 1–3 . We report a similar case of crystalline keratopathy caused by another plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza .…”

To report a case of crystalline keratopathy induced by Dieffenbachia plant sap and literature review

“…In addition to severe conjunctival swelling and corneal edema, periorbital region involvement was also reported. 7 Tarsal conjunctival involvement in follicular and papillary reactions was reported in the case presented by Rao et al 8 Another patient had presented with iritis in addition to common signs, indicating that the raphides could penetrate full-thickness cornea. 9 In our patient, absence of clinical findings showing a severe course such as iritis, chemosis, intense eyelid edema was considered due to early irrigation, but also it may be related to the amount of plant water and its expulsive power.…”

“…Although the general approach was treatment with a combination of antibiotics and steroids, some authors had chosen only antibiotics 10 or only steroids. 5 , 8 , 9 , 11 Clinical recovery is seen in 3–7 days, while the duration of corneal crystals disappearance ranges from 3 to 4 weeks 12 , 13 , 14 to 10 weeks. 10 In the case presented by Vacha et al the crystals persisted for up to 1 year.…”

Mysterious Enemy at Home; Dieffenbachia

“…Philodendron ve Caladium türleri de bitkisel yaralanmalarda üst s›ralar›nda yer almaktad›r. 1 Literatür araflt›rmas›nda, nadiren tespit edilen, Dieffenbachia [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] kaynakl› oküler travma yay›nlar›nda, bizim flahit oldu¤umuz klini¤e tamamen uyan bir seyir ifade edilmektedir.…”