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• 영문명: A Chemical Burn of Cornea by an Insect Repellent
• 발행기관: 대한검안학회
• 저자명: 김선도(Seondo Kim) 김영국(Youngkook Kim) 이선호(Sunho Lee) 이혜진(Hyejin Lee) 차동민(Dongmin Cha) 정진호(Jinho Jeong)
• 간행물 정보: 『Annals of optometry and contact lens』Vol.14 No.4, 209~212쪽, 전체 4쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 기타의약학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.12.30

영문 초록

Purpose: We report a case of chemical burn of cornea by a mosquito repellent that looks similar with commonly available eyedrop. Case summary: A 75-year-old female presented to the ophthalmology clinic with complaint of ocular pain in the right eye. She mistakenly applied a mosquito repellent, which consisted of citronella oil looking like an eyedrop. The acidity of mosquito repellent was measured as pH 3.9. Her visual acuity of the right eye was 0.02. 8 mm sized corneal epithelial defect and gelatinous opaque lesion over central cornea was observed. Therapeutic contact lens was applied for 1 week, and she was treated with 0.5% levofloxacine, 1% prednisolone, autologous serum, and artificial tears. After 1 month, we confirmed that corneal recovery was accomplished from the chemical burn. Conclusions: Mosquito repellent using container, which is similar with commonly available eyedrop, may cause chemical burn of cornea by mistake. Proper safety education and better modification of container would be necessary.

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Citronella Chemical burns Insect repellents