Corneal Epitheliopathy After Trauma by Fake Snow Powder in a 7-year-old Child

Fake snow is a polymer of sodium polyacrylates used in games and celebrations. Despite the product leaflet that indicates safety, contact with the ocular surface can cause injury. We report a case of a child with corneal epitheliopathy due to a chemical burn injury after ocular surface contact with...

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Autores principales: Al-Amry, Mohammad A., Al-Ghadeer, Huda A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27555717
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.186157
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description Fake snow is a polymer of sodium polyacrylates used in games and celebrations. Despite the product leaflet that indicates safety, contact with the ocular surface can cause injury. We report a case of a child with corneal epitheliopathy due to a chemical burn injury after ocular surface contact with fake snow. The case was managed with epithelial debridement and a bandage contact lenses and topical antibiotics with complete resolution.
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spelling pubmed-49681542016-08-23 Corneal Epitheliopathy After Trauma by Fake Snow Powder in a 7-year-old Child Al-Amry, Mohammad A. Al-Ghadeer, Huda A. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report Fake snow is a polymer of sodium polyacrylates used in games and celebrations. Despite the product leaflet that indicates safety, contact with the ocular surface can cause injury. We report a case of a child with corneal epitheliopathy due to a chemical burn injury after ocular surface contact with fake snow. The case was managed with epithelial debridement and a bandage contact lenses and topical antibiotics with complete resolution. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4968154/ /pubmed/27555717 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.186157 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Corneal Epitheliopathy After Trauma by Fake Snow Powder in a 7-year-old Child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968154/
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