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A case of acute keratoconjunctivitis from exposure to latex of Euphorbia tirucalli (pencil cactus)
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A case of acute keratoconjunctivitis from exposure to latex of Euphorbia tirucalli (pencil cactus)

Gil Z Shlamovitz, Malkeet Gupta, Jorge A Diaz and Essam Hassan Ibrahim
The Journal of emergency medicine, Vol.36(3), pp.239-241
01/04/2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.03.034
PMID: 17976795

Abstract

Acute Disease Adult Antigens, Plant - adverse effects Conjunctivitis, Allergic - etiology Euphorbia - adverse effects Euphorbia - toxicity Humans Male Vision Disorders - etiology Visual Acuity
We present a case of a 40-year-old man who suffered chemical eye injury from the latex of Euphorbia tirucalli (pencil cactus), resulting in acute keratoconjunctivitis. The Euphorbia genus of plants contains numerous species widely distributed throughout all major continents, and therefore this may be a more common Emergency Department occurrence than previously thought.

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