Toxic keratitis after use of wrongly labeled non-ophthalmic medicatio

We present a 24-year-old female with trauma to her right eye. The patient was prescribed topical Tobramicin-dexamethasone eye drops but the pharmacy dispensed diclofenac diethyl amine ointment. The patient presented to the emergency room with lid edema, conjunctival injection and a corneal epithelia...

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Main Authors: Mohammad A. Al-Amry (Author), Nada Al-Abdan (Author), Saleh A. AL-Othaimeen (Author)
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Published: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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