1. Unsuspected paperboard-endophthalmitis in ruptured eye.
- Author
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Wolter JR and Pavilack MA
- Subjects
- Child, Preschool, Cornea pathology, Corneal Injuries, Endophthalmitis diagnosis, Endophthalmitis pathology, Explosions, Eye Foreign Bodies pathology, Eye Injuries, Penetrating pathology, Humans, Lens, Crystalline injuries, Lens, Crystalline pathology, Male, Paper, Retina pathology, Rupture complications, Rupture etiology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Visual Acuity, Vitreous Body pathology, Endophthalmitis etiology, Eye Foreign Bodies complications, Eye Injuries, Penetrating complications
- Abstract
The eye of a 3-year-old boy was directly exposed to the explosion of an M-80 firecracker which he had been holding in his hand. The cornea and lens were ruptured. Although not evident on an initial CT scan, pathologic examination revealed a paperboard foreign body lodged in the vitreous. This paperboard, rather than the burnt powder, was likely the central focus of the subacute endophthalmitis that developed.
- Published
- 1990