Glaucoma and amaurosis associated with long-term application of topical corticosteroids to the eyelids.

Authors :: Vie R
Source :: Acta dermato-venereologica [Acta Derm Venereol] 1980; Vol. 60 (6), pp. 541-2.
Publication Year :: 1980
Abstract: The development of glaucoma and amaurosis in a 29-year-old woman with atopic dermatitis is described. The association of the eye involvement with many years of daily application of fluorinated corticosteroid ointment to the eyelids is suggested.

Subjects :: Administration, Topical
Adult
Dermatitis, Atopic drug therapy
Eyelids
Female
Humans
Time Factors
Blindness chemically induced
Fluocortolone adverse effects
Glaucoma chemically induced

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