title: Mascara and eyelining tattoos: MRI artifacts.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is very useful in the evaluation of ocular and orbital disease. Heavy metal particles, used in the pigment base of mascara and eyelining tattoos, have a paramagnetic effect that causes alteration of the local magnetic field in adjacent tissues. These changes in normal signal result in distortion of the globes. In some cases, the distortion may mimic actual ocular disease such as a ciliary body melanoma or cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Saint-Louis
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Haik
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: McCord
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Taveras
mesh_terms: D003358:Cosmetics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005143:Eyelids; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013653:Tattooing
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics