Ocular Bee Sting Treated at Wills Eye

A man was found to have a bee stinger lodged in his eye after being stung by an insect.

The discovery was made after the 55-year-old, from Philadelphia, went to Wills Eye Hospital complaining of "worsening vision and pain in his right eye"after having been stung there by a bee two days earlier.

The patient was treated by Drs. Talia Shoshony and Zeba Syed, who commented that "ocular bee stings warrant referral to an ophthalmologist owing to the severe inflammation that may result from the injury, as well as the possibility of a retained stinger in the eye."

The story was originally published in the New England Journal of Medicine (registration required).