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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Volume 133, Issue 6, Pages 845-847Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01412-5
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- NEI NIH HHS [EYO6484] Funding Source: Medline
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PURPOSE: To report a case of lower eyelid herniation of orbital fat occurring after periocular corticosteroid injection. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: A 44-year-old man with asymmetrical pars planitis complicated by right cystoid macular edema,vas treated with multiple right orbital floor injections of triamcinolone through the lower eyelid. RESULTS: Right lower eyelid orbital fat herniation occurred during the course of the treatment. CONCLUSION: A herniation of orbital fat may complicate the injection of corticosteroid through the lower eyelid. (C) 2002 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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