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Case Report
Superstuck: A case of cyanoacrylate glue inside the eye of a pediatric patient
1 Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Chloe Y Li
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY,
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Article ID: 100030Z19CL2025
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Li CY, Sharma T. Superstuck: A case of cyanoacrylate glue inside the eye of a pediatric patient. J Case Rep Images Pediatr 2025;7(2):10–12.ABSTRACT
Introduction: Ocular exposure to cyanoacrylate glue (“superglue”) is a common ophthalmic injury that presents unique clinical management strategies in children.
Case Report: A 7-year-old girl with no prior medical or ocular history presented to the children’s emergency room with 10 hours of pain and inability to open the eyelids on the left side. She had been playing with cyanoacrylate-containing artificial nail glue and inadvertently instilled most of the package into the left eye. The patient’s parent reported multiple attempts to open the eye at home with water and acetone, which were unsuccessful. We report an “unzipping” technique for successful removal of cyanoacrylate (“superglue”) from the eye.
Conclusion: Prompt removal of cyanoacrylate glue following ocular exposure is important; the “unzipping” technique described here can be considered in cases of inadvertent glue tarsorrhaphy.
Keywords: Ocular foreign body, Ocular trauma, Superglue, Unzipping technique
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Chloe Y Li - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Tarun Sharma - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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