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Case report: Corneal tattooing aids child after ocular trauma
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Corneal tattooing can give pediatric patients both cosmetic and therapeutic benefits, according to a recently published case report. Postoperative healing may require careful management when using platinum chloride reduced by hydrazine as the tattooing agent, the report’s authors said.
Arif O. Khan, MD, and David Meyer, MB, ChB, PhD, of the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia, described the case of a 6-year-old girl with sectoral traumatic corneal scarring and symptomatic glare from sectoral traumatic iris loss. She underwent corneal tattooing with platinum chloride reduced by hydrazine in the relevant corneal sector.
Six months after surgery, the girl’s cornea took on a more natural appearance and she no longer suffered from glare. However, the postoperative epithelial healing was slow and “required vigilance,” they said.
The report is published in the May issue of American Journal of Ophthalmology.