Blindness and total ophthalmoplegia after aesthetic polymethylmethacrylate injection: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 3 B, 2004, Pages 873-874

  Silva, Marcus Tulius T ^a,b   Curi, André Land ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blindness; Facial injection; Ophtalmoplegia; Polymethyl methacrylate

Indexed keywords

FILLER; MICROSPHERE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REJUVENATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 5444229731     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2004000500025     Document Type: Article

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