Abstract
Cosmetic facial filler-related central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a devastating complication of facial hyaluronic acid (HA) injection and can be managed by intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy (IATT). The authors report on a 20-year-old woman who developed unilateral CRAO due to facial HA injection and who, despite prompt IATT, lost vision. A review of the related literature found 14 other female patients who developed cosmetic facial filler-related CRAO and accepted IATT management. In no case was vision loss clinically improved. IATT is not an effective preventive treatment of dermal filler-associated CRAO. The authors suggest careful preprocedural patient selection to prevent this complication.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 325-329 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Facial Plastic Surgery |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jun 2018 |
Keywords
- central retinal artery occlusion
- dermal filler
- hyaluronic acid
- hyaluronidase
- intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy