Severe corneal burn due to the accidental application of salicylic acid packed in a plastic dropper bottle

Virgilio Galvis; Alejandro Tello; Néstor I. Carreño; Camilo A. Niño; Natalia A. García; Valeria Otoya; Rodrigo Arana

doi:10.7705/biomedica.5284

Severe corneal burn due to the accidental application of salicylic acid packed in a plastic dropper bottle

Virgilio Galvis, Alejandro Tello, Néstor I. Carreño, Camilo A. Niño, Natalia A. García, Valeria Otoya, Rodrigo Arana

Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud

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Las quemaduras oculares por aplicación accidental de sustancias farmacológicas o no farmacológicas envasadas en frascos goteros plásticos, se han descrito desde hace más de tres décadas y siguen ocurriendo. Estas quemaduras pueden causar lesiones potencialmente graves de la córnea.
Se presenta el caso de un paciente que se aplicó ácido salicílico en el ojo derecho al confundir el envase con el de un lubricante ocular, lo que le causó una grave quemadura corneal. Afortunadamente, tras un manejo médico y quirúrgico agresivo (incluida oxigenoterapia e injerto de membrana amniótica) los resultados visuales fueron buenos.
Se sugiere hacer campañas educativas y adoptar normas en el país para evitar el envase de sustancias corrosivas en este tipo de frascos goteros, con el fin de disminuir el riesgo de quemaduras accidentales.

Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)	456-463
Número de páginas	8
Publicación	Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Volumen	40
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5284
Estado	Publicada - sep. 1 2020

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En: Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol. 40, N.º 3, 01.09.2020, p. 456-463.

Producción científica: Contribución a una revista › Artículo de Investigación › revisión exhaustiva

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