Preseptal cellulitis in a child caused by Megacopta centrosignatum

J AAPOS. 2012 Dec;16(6):577-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.08.003.

Abstract

Preseptal cellulitis in children can be caused by a reaction to embedded insects, their body parts, or secretions. We report the case of a 2-year-old girl who presented with preseptal cellulitis caused by an insect identified as Megacopta centrosignatum in her superior fornix.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / etiology*
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Eye Pain / diagnosis
  • Eyelid Diseases / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Heteroptera*
  • Humans
  • Insect Bites and Stings / diagnosis
  • Insect Bites and Stings / etiology*
  • Insect Bites and Stings / surgery
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
  • Orbital Cellulitis / diagnosis
  • Orbital Cellulitis / etiology*
  • Orbital Cellulitis / surgery

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents