Management of visible granulomas following periorbital injection of poly-L-lactic acid

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-301

  Stewart, Daniel B ^a   Morganroth, Greg S ^b   Mooney, Maureen A ^c   Cohen, Joel ^d   Levin, Peter S ^a   Gladstone, Hayes B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; POLYLACTIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; ORBIT; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CELLULOSE; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LACTIC ACID; MANNITOL; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBITAL DISEASES; POLYMERS; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34547655647     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318070d773     Document Type: Article

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