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Muneera A. Mahmood, MD; Sasikala Pillai, MD
Washington, DC

Arch Ophthalmol. 1987;105(8):1021-1022.

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To the Editor.

—Black conjunctival and corneal deposits have been noted in patients with glaucoma who use topical epinephrine ophthalmic solution.¹ Black contact lens deposits were noted in three patients by Sugar² in 1974. We present a patient with a discolored soft contact lens secondary to topical application of epinephrine who presented as an emergency to our eye clinic.

Report of a Case.

—A 63-year-old woman with bilateral, chronic, open angle glaucoma and a spontaneous posterior dislocation of the lens in the left eye had been followed up at our clinic since 1978. She had been successfully fitted with an aphakic extended-wear (Perfilcon-A, Cooper Vision, San Jose, Calif) soft contact lens in the left eye. Her last lens replacement was on Nov 18, 1983. Her ocular medications included 5% timolol maleate ophthalmic drops (one drop twice daily) and 2% pilocarpine hydrochloride ophthalmic drops (one drop four times per day . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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