Accommodative spasm as the main manifestation of topical eye contact with insecticide

Abstract

The patient is a 23-year-old Caucasian male farmer who, after topical eye contact with an insecticide, developed accommodative spasm and blurred vision in one eye. He was treated with frequent doses of 2% homatropine drop and recovered within a week.

Keywords

• insecticides
• organophosphates
• pesticides
• accommodative spasm
• ciliary spasm
• ocular toxicity
• homatropine