Peripheral corneal infiltrates following intravenous injection of diatrizoate meglumine.
A 66-year-old white man developed bilateral peripheral corneal infiltrates on two separate occasions after intravenous injections of a radiopaque dye containing iodide. To our knowledge this is the first case of drug-induced ocular hypersensitivity reaction associated with the administration of these dyes and manifesting with peripheral corneal infiltrates.
D000368:Aged; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003973:Diatrizoate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D003974:Diatrizoate Meglumine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004172:Diplopia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003973:Diatrizoate; D003974:Diatrizoate Meglumine