Localized dystrophic periocular calcification: A complication of intralesional corticosteroid therapy for infantile periocular hemangiomas

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-26

  Carruthers, Jean ^a,b   Jevon, Gareth ^a   Prendiville, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EYE DISEASE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; UPPER EYELID; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; CALCINOSIS; EYELID DISEASES; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 0031951931     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.1998.1998015023.x     Document Type: Article

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