Allergic contact dermatitis caused by dorzolamide eyedrops

The side effects of topical dorzolamide hydrochloride, such as conjunctivitis, eyelid edema, and eye lid irritation, are well known. However, allergic contact dermatitis due to dorzolamide is rare, although the product has been commonly used worldwide in patients with glaucoma. To the best of our kn...

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Autores principales: Lee, Seung-Jun, Kim, Moosang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4396420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25897195
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S74555
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description The side effects of topical dorzolamide hydrochloride, such as conjunctivitis, eyelid edema, and eye lid irritation, are well known. However, allergic contact dermatitis due to dorzolamide is rare, although the product has been commonly used worldwide in patients with glaucoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of allergic contact dermatitis caused by topical dorzolamide hydrochloride in Korea. Herein we report a case of allergic contact dermatitis due to topical dorzolamide eyedrops.
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spelling pubmed-43964202015-04-20 Allergic contact dermatitis caused by dorzolamide eyedrops Lee, Seung-Jun Kim, Moosang Clin Ophthalmol Case Report The side effects of topical dorzolamide hydrochloride, such as conjunctivitis, eyelid edema, and eye lid irritation, are well known. However, allergic contact dermatitis due to dorzolamide is rare, although the product has been commonly used worldwide in patients with glaucoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of allergic contact dermatitis caused by topical dorzolamide hydrochloride in Korea. Herein we report a case of allergic contact dermatitis due to topical dorzolamide eyedrops. Dove Medical Press 2015-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4396420/ /pubmed/25897195 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S74555 Text en © 2015 Lee and Kim. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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