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Case Reports
. 2019 Oct;33(10):1672-1674.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0472-5. Epub 2019 Jun 5.

Self-tattooing of eyeball with inadvertent corneoscleral perforation: the implication of social media

Jia Yu Ng  1 , Darren Shu Jeng Ting  2   3 , Daniela Vaideanu-Collins  1 , Hardeep Singh Mudhar  4 , Bart Wagner  5 , Patricia Goggin  6 , Andrew Gibson  1 , Trushar Patel  1
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Self-tattooing of eyeball with inadvertent corneoscleral perforation: the implication of social media

Jia Yu Ng et al. Eye (Lond). 2019 Oct.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
a Slit-lamp photography of the right eye showing dark patches on the sclera related to scleromalacia. b Slit-lamp photography of the left eye showing white paint material in the sub-Tenon space and scleromalacia. c Slit-lamp photography of the right eye showing fibrinous material in the anterior chamber with hypermature white cataract obscuring the fundal view. d Ocular B-scan ultrasound of the right eye showed discrete, mobile echogenic particles within the vitreous cavity. e Extensive contamination of the right vitreous with white paint material noted intraoperatively. f Slit-lamp photography showing a clear full-thickness/penetrating corneal graft with marked transpupillary membrane
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
a Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) stained cell block preparation from the vitreous biopsy showing macrophages containing paint particles in their cytoplasm. This is clearly shown in the top right inset plate. b CD68 immunohistochemistry, confirming that the cells containing the paint particles are macrophages. Brown is positive staining. c Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) showing the larger electron dense paint particles (black arrows) and the smaller more crystalline paint particles (white arrows). The white holes are artefacts of tissue processing. d Higher power TEM showing the larger, more electron dense paint particles just below of centre and the accompanying, smaller, more numerous, less electron dense, more crystalline paint particles. e The energy dispersive microanalysis of X-ray read-out showing the various elements present in the white paint: C carbon, O oxygen, Al aluminium, Si silicon, P phosphorus, Ca calcium, Ti titanium Cu copper
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