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Boa Constrictor Bite to the Eye
Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116:949-950.
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Ocular injury to the eye from snake bite is extremely rare with few cases being reported in the literature. We report the case of man who sustained a penetrating injury to the eye from a snake bite.
Report of a Case
An 18-year-old man was bathing his pet snake, a 6-ft-long North Brazilian boa constrictor (Boa constrictor), when it attacked him and bit him on the right eye. The snake had infectious stomatitis, a bacterial infection in the mouth. When the snake struck, the patient partially blocked the attack with his right hand; however, the snake was able to engage the patient's right eye with its lower teeth, and his hand with its upper teeth. It would not release its bite and tried to wrap around the patient's neck. The patient managed to telephone a neighbor, who dialed 911, and the police arrived. The policeman who answered the call, however, was ophidiophobic . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Comment
Reprints: Michael J. Taravella, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 4200 E Ninth Ave, Campus Box B-204, Denver, CO 80262.
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