Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving
Diving into lakes and ponds is a common activity of rural children. We present two cases of penetrating orbital injuries from plant matter sustained in this manner. Such injuries pose a particular challenge because wooden foreign bodies are often missed during orbital exploration, and current imagin...
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| description | Diving into lakes and ponds is a common activity of rural children. We present two cases of penetrating orbital injuries from plant matter sustained in this manner. Such injuries pose a particular challenge because wooden foreign bodies are often missed during orbital exploration, and current imaging modalities cannot reliably identify retained organic material. When a patient presents with orbital penetration after a high-risk mechanism of injury, such as freshwater diving, the clinician must maintain a very high index of suspicion for retained wooden foreign body. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77b0a84e1d074d968517ba0d857760692022-12-22T02:03:17ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47381998-36892013-01-01612767710.4103/0301-4738.107199Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river divingUsha R KimKavitha R SivaramanDiving into lakes and ponds is a common activity of rural children. We present two cases of penetrating orbital injuries from plant matter sustained in this manner. Such injuries pose a particular challenge because wooden foreign bodies are often missed during orbital exploration, and current imaging modalities cannot reliably identify retained organic material. When a patient presents with orbital penetration after a high-risk mechanism of injury, such as freshwater diving, the clinician must maintain a very high index of suspicion for retained wooden foreign body.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2013;volume=61;issue=2;spage=76;epage=77;aulast=KimBritish Asianseye disease prevalenceeye health care planningIndian subcontinentFrequency-doubling technology perimetrymultifocal visual evoked potentialsoptic neuritispattern-reversal visual evoked potentialsChildhood blindnesscomplicationsoutcomepediatric cataractrisk factorsDeveloping countriesglaucomaopen-angleviscocanalostomyIris claw enclavinglens extractionsurgical aphakiaForeign bodyimagingorbitwooden |
| spellingShingle | Usha R Kim Kavitha R Sivaraman Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving Indian Journal of Ophthalmology British Asians eye disease prevalence eye health care planning Indian subcontinent Frequency-doubling technology perimetry multifocal visual evoked potentials optic neuritis pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials Childhood blindness complications outcome pediatric cataract risk factors Developing countries glaucoma open-angle viscocanalostomy Iris claw enclaving lens extraction surgical aphakia Foreign body imaging orbit wooden |
| title | Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving |
| title_full | Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving |
| title_fullStr | Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving |
| title_full_unstemmed | Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving |
| title_short | Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving |
| title_sort | penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving |
| topic | British Asians eye disease prevalence eye health care planning Indian subcontinent Frequency-doubling technology perimetry multifocal visual evoked potentials optic neuritis pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials Childhood blindness complications outcome pediatric cataract risk factors Developing countries glaucoma open-angle viscocanalostomy Iris claw enclaving lens extraction surgical aphakia Foreign body imaging orbit wooden |
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