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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2022; 239(04): 401-403
DOI: 10.1055/a-1785-4957
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Acute Unilateral Vision Loss and Dermal Necrosis after Nose Filler Injection

Akuter einseitiger Visusverlust und Hautnekrose nach Filler-Injektion
Dominique Prétot
1   Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
2   Department of Ophthalmology, Heuberger Augenklinik AG, Olten, Switzerland
,
Mayss Al-Sheikh
1   Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
,
Jeanne Gunzinger
1   Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
,
Christian Kahlert
1   Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Background

Dermal fillers are commonly used in aesthetic medicine to enhance and contour facial features. Appealing features of these interventions consist in minimal downtime compared to surgical procedures and the reversibility of its effects with many subtypes of fillers. Accidental intravascular injection in nonsurgical rhinoplasty and the glabella area with a hyaluronic acid- (HA) or calcium hydroxyapatite-based filler with subsequent occlusion of retinal vessels is a very rare, yet increasingly frequent, complication associated with blindness.



Publication History

Received: 22 October 2021

Accepted: 27 February 2022

Article published online:
26 April 2022

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