An unusual case of a serious blunt injury of the eye
Introduction. Optic nerve avulsion is a serious injury of the eye. The objective of the paper was to present the peculiarity of the eye injury caused by a penetrating orbital wound with foreign body being retained in the orbit. Case report. A 15-year-old boy who sustained injury by chain link is pre...
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Serbian Medical Society
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| author | Jovanović Miloš Stefanović Ivan Mirković Miloš |
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| description | Introduction. Optic nerve avulsion is a serious injury of the eye. The objective of the paper was to present the peculiarity of the eye injury caused by a penetrating orbital wound with foreign body being retained in the orbit. Case report. A 15-year-old boy who sustained injury by chain link is presented. While he was turning the chain round in his hand, the last link broke off, piercing the lower lid, penetrated the left orbital cavity and remained behind the eyeball at the top of orbit. While passing towards the top of the orbit, the foreign body caused a blunt injury of the eyeball and avulsion of the ocular nerve. The accurate localization of the foreign body was verified by X-ray and CT imaging. The foreign body was removed through the entry wound. The eye injury resulted in amaurosis. Conclusion. This injury was one of those that could have been prevented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08f7f5e65e2f414d9f4dfa9dec3972502022-12-21T23:24:13ZengSerbian Medical SocietySrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo0370-81792009-01-0113711-1267067410.2298/SARH0912670JAn unusual case of a serious blunt injury of the eyeJovanović MilošStefanović IvanMirković MilošIntroduction. Optic nerve avulsion is a serious injury of the eye. The objective of the paper was to present the peculiarity of the eye injury caused by a penetrating orbital wound with foreign body being retained in the orbit. Case report. A 15-year-old boy who sustained injury by chain link is presented. While he was turning the chain round in his hand, the last link broke off, piercing the lower lid, penetrated the left orbital cavity and remained behind the eyeball at the top of orbit. While passing towards the top of the orbit, the foreign body caused a blunt injury of the eyeball and avulsion of the ocular nerve. The accurate localization of the foreign body was verified by X-ray and CT imaging. The foreign body was removed through the entry wound. The eye injury resulted in amaurosis. Conclusion. This injury was one of those that could have been prevented.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2009/0370-81790912670J.pdforbital injuryintraorbital foreign bodyoptic nerve avulsion |
| spellingShingle | Jovanović Miloš Stefanović Ivan Mirković Miloš An unusual case of a serious blunt injury of the eye Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo orbital injury intraorbital foreign body optic nerve avulsion |
| title | An unusual case of a serious blunt injury of the eye |
| title_full | An unusual case of a serious blunt injury of the eye |
| title_fullStr | An unusual case of a serious blunt injury of the eye |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual case of a serious blunt injury of the eye |
| title_short | An unusual case of a serious blunt injury of the eye |
| title_sort | unusual case of a serious blunt injury of the eye |
| topic | orbital injury intraorbital foreign body optic nerve avulsion |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2009/0370-81790912670J.pdf |
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