Two Cases of Blepharoconjunctivitis Caused by Pubic Lice in a Family.

Yoo, Chang Yeol; Hong, Chul

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(3):385-389.
Published online March 1, 1979.

Two Cases of Blepharoconjunctivitis Caused by Pubic Lice in a Family.

Chang Yeol Yoo, Chul Hong

Department of Opthalmology, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

한 가족에 발생한 음모이에 의한 안검염 2예

유창열 , 홍철 ( Chang Yeol Yoon , Chul Hong )

Abstract

Authors experienced two unusual cases of marginal blepharoconjunctivitis caused by infestion of pubic lice (Phthirus pubis) which were confirmed by slit lamp and light microscopic examination. The patients were forty-three year old Korean female who was infected from her husband and her six year old daughter who had used a same room with her father and mother. We could find pubic lice and ova on the cilia, pubic and axillar regions of female mother patient and cilia, eyeblow and head of her daughter and we could also find the pubic lice and ova on the pubic region of her husband. The prompt improvement of marginal blepharoconjunctivitis of both eyes of them were achieved by cutting of cilia and the use of topical antibiotics.