Ocular injury via epinephrine auto-injector

Geoffrey Collett; Abdelrahman M Elhusseiny; Christina Scelfo; Mary C Whitman; Deborah K VanderVeen

doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2020.02.008

Ocular injury via epinephrine auto-injector

J AAPOS. 2020 Jun;24(3):179-181. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2020.02.008. Epub 2020 Jun 2.

Authors

Geoffrey Collett¹, Abdelrahman M Elhusseiny², Christina Scelfo³, Mary C Whitman³, Deborah K VanderVeen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Ophthalmology, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospitals, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: Abdelrahman.Elhusseiny@childrens.harvard.edu.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 32502635
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2020.02.008

Abstract

Intraocular injury by epinephrine auto-injector has been rarely reported. Toxic risk to the intraocular structures is suspected, but the evidence is inconclusive. We present the case of a 2-year-old girl who sustained an injury to her right eye by inadvertent epinephrine injection. Cataract surgery was performed to treat an increasingly opaque lens, and an intraocular lens was implanted. The visual outcome was good, with no retinal damage.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cataract Extraction
Child, Preschool
Epinephrine
Eye Injuries*
Female
Humans
Lens, Crystalline
Lenses, Intraocular

Substances

Epinephrine