Abstract:
To present a photographically documented case of a known brown recluse spider bite to the eyelid. Interventional case report. The wound was photographed daily during an 11-day hospitalization and at 1 month and 6 months after the injury. Treatment included canthotomy and cantholysis; administration of dapsone, antibiotics, and steroids; and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Clinical presentation and course of a known brown recluse spider bite.
Jarvis, Neufeld, Westfall, , , , , , (2000). Brown recluse spider bite to the eyelid. Ophthalmology, 2000 Aug;107(8):1492-6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10919896