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Ranju Kharel Sitaula1, Pratap Karki1, Sagun N Joshi1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine, B. P. Koirala Lions Centre for Ophthalmic Studies, Nepal.
Abstract:
Seasonal Hyperacute Panuveitis (SHAPU) is a seasonal and cyclic uveitic disease reported only from Nepal occurring every odd year. Untreated eyes go blind and phthisis within a week. Circumstantial evidence for the role of moths has been reported earlier. Herein for the first time, we describe a SHAPU case in a healthy young Nepalese patient where the exposure to white moth was followed by the development of the uveitis and the moth hair particles was detected in the corneal and presence was confirmed with anterior segment optical coherence topography.
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