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Acute Diplopia After Glabellar Hyaluronic Acid Filler Injection, Caroline W. Chung, Eric J. Shiuey, César A. Briceño, Vivian Lee
Acute Diplopia After Glabellar Hyaluronic Acid Filler Injection, Caroline W. Chung, Eric J. Shiuey, César A. Briceño, Vivian Lee
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Purpose: Blindness is a well-known complication of filler injection in the glabellar region. Acute diplopia from filler injection without vision loss is a rare complication that typically results in clinical ophthalmoplegia which can have permanent sequelae. Here, we describe a patient who presented with acute diplopia with grossly intact full extraocular motility after glabella hyaluronic acid filler injection that resolved after 1 month.
Observations: A previously healthy 43-year-old woman underwent her first hyaluronic acid injection in the glabella and developed immediate binocular double vision with severe pain and skin mottling above her right eyebrow and central forehead. Hyaluronidase injections, nitroglycerin …