| A Chemical Burn of Cornea by an Insect Repellent |
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Seondo Kim, Youngkook Kim, Sunho Lee, Hyejin Lee, Dongmin Cha, Jinho Jeong |
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Department of Ophthalmology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea |
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Received: 31 August 2015 • Revised: 5 October 2015 • Accepted: 5 October 2015 |
| Abstract |
Purpose: We report a case of chemical burn of cornea by a mosquito repellent that looks similar with commonly available eyedrop.
Case summary: A 75-year-old female presented to the ophthalmology clinic with complaint of ocular pain in the right eye. She mistakenly applied a mosquito repellent, which consisted of citronella oil looking like an eyedrop. The acidity of mosquito repellent was measured as pH 3.9. Her visual acuity of the right eye was 0.02. 8 mm sized corneal epithelial defect and gelatinous opaque lesion over central cornea was observed. Therapeutic contact lens was applied for 1 week, and she was treated with 0.5% levofloxacine, 1 prednisolone, autologous serum, and artificial tears. After 1 month, we confirmed that corneal recovery was accomplished from the chemical burn.
Conclusions: Mosquito repellent using container, which is similar with commonly available eyedrop, may cause chemical burn of cornea by mistake. Proper safety education and better modification of container would be necessary. |
| Key Words:
Citronella, Chemical burns, Insect repellents |
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