Case series: Two cases of eyeball tattoos with short-term complications

PURPOSE: To report two cases of eyeball tattoos with short-term post procedural complications. OBSERVATIONS: Case 1 is a 26-year-old Mexican man that developed orbital cellulitis and posterior scleritis 2 h after an eyeball tattoo. Patient responded satisfactorily to systemic antibiotic and corticos...

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Autores principales: Duarte, Gonzalo, Cheja, Rashel, Pachón, Diana, Ramírez, Carolina, Arellanes, Lourdes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5758010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2016.11.005
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To report two cases of eyeball tattoos with short-term post procedural complications. OBSERVATIONS: Case 1 is a 26-year-old Mexican man that developed orbital cellulitis and posterior scleritis 2 h after an eyeball tattoo. Patient responded satisfactorily to systemic antibiotic and corticosteroid treatment. Case 2 is a 17-year-old Mexican man that developed two sub-episcleral nodules in the ink injection sites immediately after the procedure. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Eyeball tattoos are performed by non-ophthalmic trained personnel. There are a substantial number of short-term risks associated with this procedure. Long-term effects on the eyes and vision are still unknown, but in a worst case scenario could include loss of vision or permanent damage to the eyes.

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