Periorbital lipogranuloma: A previously unknown complication of autologous fat injections for facial augmentation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1259-1263

  Sa, Ho Seok ^a   Woo, Kyung In ^b   Suh, Yeon Lim ^b   Kim, Yoon Duck ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ERYTHEMA; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYELID BIOPSY; EYELID EDEMA; EYELID PAIN; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACIAL AUTOLOGOUS FAT INJECTION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOGRANULOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIORBITAL LIPOGRANULOMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER EYELID; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREHEAD; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052125297     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.180547     Document Type: Article

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