Duff- Lynes SM, Martin P, Horn EP. Management of bulbar conjunctival injury by honeybee sting: A case report of a retained honeybee stinger.
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2022;
25:101365. [PMID:
35128174 PMCID:
PMC8810353 DOI:
10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101365]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
To report a rare case of a bee sting to the conjunctiva of the eye in which the stinger remains in the subconjunctival space.
OBSERVATIONS
We present the case of a fifty-five-year-old male who sustained a honeybee sting to the conjunctiva of his left eye after which some stinger remnants were left in place. He was initially treated with topical antibiotics, and topical and systemic steroids were added the next day. His visual acuity recovered fully with this regimen, despite later visualization of a retained bee stinger in the subconjunctival space.
CONCLUSION AND IMPORTANCE
Our experience suggests that though immediate removal of a stinger in the case of a bee sting to the eye is likely the safest approach, the long-term persistence of a bee stinger in the conjunctiva may not pose a threat to visual acuity and ocular health.
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