title: Eyelid skin depigmentation: case report.
abstract: A 62-year-old black man had is left socket reconstructed to permit the wearing of a prosthesis following an injury to the left eye with hot metal. Between six and seven months after the socket surgery and within several weeks after removing the temporary conformer, he developed depigmentation of his eyelid skin, which is slowly improving. We feel that either a hypersensitivity reaction to chloramphenicol ointment or traumatic insult to the eyelid tissues is responsible for the loss of pigment.
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D002701:Chloramphenicol