Linear subcutaneous fat atrophy after corticosteroid injection of periocular hemangiomas

P J Droste; F D Ellis; N Sondhi; E M Helveston

doi:10.1016/0002-9394(88)90122-5

Linear subcutaneous fat atrophy after corticosteroid injection of periocular hemangiomas

Am J Ophthalmol. 1988 Jan 15;105(1):65-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(88)90122-5.

Authors

P J Droste¹, F D Ellis, N Sondhi, E M Helveston

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

PMID: 3337195
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9394(88)90122-5

Abstract

Two children developed evidence of subcutaneous fat atrophy after corticosteroid injection of periocular hemangiomas. The atrophy appeared at the site of injection and followed the expected course of lymphatic channels to the vicinity of regional lymph nodes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue / pathology*
Atrophy / chemically induced
Betamethasone / adverse effects
Betamethasone / analogs & derivatives*
Eyelid Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Face
Female
Hemangioma / drug therapy*
Humans
Infant
Triamcinolone Acetonide / adverse effects*

Substances

betamethasone sodium phosphate
Betamethasone
Triamcinolone Acetonide