Citation

Vlahos K, Goggin M, Coster D. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Ophthalmol. 1993; 21(3): 187-190.

Affiliation

Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8260158

Abstract

We describe a case of topical exposure to a commercial solution of paraquat. Chronic, severe ocular surface destruction resulted, probably due to absorption of the herbicide into the surface tissues, facilitated by a surfactant present in the preparation, and to intracellular redox cycling of the paraquat cation. Ocular paraquat toxicity is described and explained in the context of the toxicity of systemic absorption.

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