Necrotizing scleritis as a complication of cosmetic eye whitening procedure
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Necrotizing scleritis as a complication of cosmetic eye whitening procedure
BACKGROUND We report necrotizing scleritis as a serious complication of a cosmetic eye whitening procedure that involves the use of intraoperative and postoperative topical mitomycin C. FINDINGS This is a single case report. A 59-year-old Caucasian male with a history of blepharitis status post uncomplicated LASIK refractive surgery reported chronic conjunctival hyperemia for 15 years prior t...
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[This corrects the article on p. 445 in vol. 9, PMID: 25784790.].
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1869-5760
DOI: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-39