Citation

Gagnon MR, Walter KA. Cornea 2004; 23(2): 204-206.

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157-1033, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15075892

Abstract

PURPOSE: To describe the ocular surface injury resulting from a microwave superheated liquid. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: A 40-year-old man sustained an ocular surface injury from a microwave superheated liquid. The injury resulted in limbal stem cell damage requiring an autograft limbal stem cell transplantation. CONCLUSIONS: We are unaware of previous reports of microwave superheated liquids resulting in ocular injury. Microwave superheating of liquids is a potential ocular danger that should be brought to the attention of both ophthalmologists and their patients.

Language: en