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Letter to the Editor
Accidental instillation of N-butyl cyanoacrylate into the anterior chamber
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Editor,—Cyanoacrylate adhesive, a relatively inert material, may be very useful in sealing small corneal perforations. We report a case where accidental injection of N-butyl cyanoacrylate (tissue adhesive) through the corneal perforation into the anterior chamber resulted in complications and required surgical removal.
CASE REPORT
A 64 year old man with a history of left sided Bell’s palsy of 6 months’ duration had difficulty with left eyelid closure, requiring a suture tarsorrhaphy and placement of a gold weight in the left upper lid. He went on to develop a descemetocele of the left cornea which eventually perforated. N-butyl cyanoacrylate was applied using a cannula to the corneal …