1. Sympathetic ophthalmia after injury in the iraq war.
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Freidlin J, Pak J, Tessler HH, Putterman AM, and Goldstein DA
- Subjects
- Adult, Biopsy, Drug Therapy, Combination, Eye Evisceration, Eye Injuries, Penetrating surgery, Follow-Up Studies, Glucocorticoids administration & dosage, Humans, Iraq, Male, Ophthalmia, Sympathetic drug therapy, Ophthalmia, Sympathetic pathology, Ophthalmic Solutions, Prednisolone administration & dosage, Prednisolone analogs & derivatives, Prednisone administration & dosage, Prodrugs administration & dosage, Eye Injuries, Penetrating complications, Ophthalmia, Sympathetic etiology, Warfare
- Abstract
A 21-year-old US soldier received a penetrating eye injury while fighting in Iraq and was treated with evisceration. Sympathetic ophthalmia developed, which responded well to steroid treatment. This is the first case of sympathetic ophthalmia after a war injury reported since World War II.
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- 2006
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