@article{ref1,
title="Conjunctival Proliferation After a Mild Pepper Spray Injury in a Young Child",
journal="Cornea",
year="2011",
author="Gerber, Simon and Frueh, Beatrice E. and Tappeiner, Christoph",
volume="30",
number="9",
pages="1042-1044",
abstract="PURPOSE:: To report a case of conjunctival proliferation in a 2.5-year-old boy after initial evidence of a mild chemical injury after ocular exposure to pepper spray (oleoresin capsicum). METHODS:: Case report with ophthalmologic and histologic findings. RESULTS:: A child presented with mild conjunctival injection and chemosis without any corneal erosion after direct exposure to pepper spray. Three weeks later, a significant conjunctival proliferation was found at the limbus, which was refractory to treatment with topical corticosteroids. Finally, proliferative tissue was surgically excised without clinical recurrence during 2 months of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS:: We hypothesize that the young age of the patient may have been an important factor for the severe conjunctival proliferation in comparison to a mainly uncomplicated course of pepper spray injuries in most adults. We recommend the use of topical antiinflammatory treatment even in apparently mild pepper spray injuries, especially in young children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0277-3740",
doi="10.1097/ICO.0b013e318206cad9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICO.0b013e318206cad9"
}