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ROBERT D. REINECKE, MD; TOICHIRO KUWABARA, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1963;70(2):170-172.

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Black conjunctival deposits have been attributed to epinephrine since Löwenstein's report in 1930.¹ Such conjunctival deposits are not unusual with prolonged topical application of epinephrine; yet no corneal deposits due to chronic use of epinephrine have previously been reported. The purpose of this paper is to document two patients with deposits in their corneas associated with prolonged topical epinephrine application. The corneal deposits in case 1 grossly resembled a melanoma.

Report of Cases

CASE 1.

—A 75-year-old Italian male returned to the eye clinic for a routine visit. One and one-half years previously the patient had been admitted to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary with absolute glaucoma OS and open-angle glaucoma OD. The left eye had corneal edema, complete peripheral anterior synechiae, rubeosis iridis, tension of 80 mm Hg, cataract, and no light perception. The patient stated that this eye had been blind for over six months. A . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Boston

Howe Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Harvard University Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Dec 27, 1962.

This investigation was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Training Grant No. 2B-5142 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, U.S. Public Health Service, and in part by a Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc., grant.

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