Ocular chemical burns from accidental exposure to topical dermatological medicinal agent

We report a case of accidental ocular chemical injury by self-medication with a single application of a topical ayurvedic medication containing salicylic acid, phenol, and tincture iodine, which is being used in developing countries for treatment of various dermatological conditions.

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Autores principales: Jinagal, Jitender, Gupta, Parul C, Gupta, Gaurav, Sahu, Kamal K, Ram, Jagat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6173047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30249844
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_365_18
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spelling pubmed-61730472018-10-10 Ocular chemical burns from accidental exposure to topical dermatological medicinal agent Jinagal, Jitender Gupta, Parul C Gupta, Gaurav Sahu, Kamal K Ram, Jagat Indian J Ophthalmol Case Reports We report a case of accidental ocular chemical injury by self-medication with a single application of a topical ayurvedic medication containing salicylic acid, phenol, and tincture iodine, which is being used in developing countries for treatment of various dermatological conditions. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6173047/ /pubmed/30249844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_365_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Ocular chemical burns from accidental exposure to topical dermatological medicinal agent
title Ocular chemical burns from accidental exposure to topical dermatological medicinal agent
title_full Ocular chemical burns from accidental exposure to topical dermatological medicinal agent
title_fullStr Ocular chemical burns from accidental exposure to topical dermatological medicinal agent
title_full_unstemmed Ocular chemical burns from accidental exposure to topical dermatological medicinal agent
title_short Ocular chemical burns from accidental exposure to topical dermatological medicinal agent
title_sort ocular chemical burns from accidental exposure to topical dermatological medicinal agent
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6173047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30249844
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_365_18
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