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A Chemical Burn of Cornea by an Insect Repellent

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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.

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