1/2. An unusual complication of perforating wounds of the eye.In two patients, after a perforating wound of the eye, a cilium was found in the vitreous. In the first patient one end of a cilium was stuck in the retina, the other end floated freely in the vitreous of the right eye. During a 5-year follow-up no inflammatory signs were observed. visual acuity remained 1.0. In the second patient a large metal foreign body was removed from the vitreous of the left eye immediately after the injury. A week later, while parsplana vitrectomy was being performed for a vitreous haemorrhage caused by the trauma, an eyelash was discovered in the vitreous, but it could not be removed. During the follow-up period, which included the removal of a traumatic cataract, the eyelash caused no inflammatory reaction. A year later the visual acuity of the left eye was 1.0. In the literature 17 reports were found of cases with one or more eyelashes in the posterior segment of the eye. In 5 cases this was discovered on clinical examination. Once the eyelash was spontaneously extruded from the bulbus, once panophthalmia developed after the injury. In 3 cases the eye could be saved, twice with useful visual acuity, in spite of retention of the eyelash.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/2. Ocular trauma from lead-acid vehicle battery explosions.Ocular trauma caused by lead-acid car battery explosions has been seen in a number of cases presenting to the major teaching hospitals in Adelaide. Injuries range from superficial acid burns to penetrating eye injury and retinal haemorrhage. The cause of the explosions has been ignition of the hydrogen-oxygen gas mixture generated by lead-acid batteries. The risk of explosion is known to battery manufacturing and distributing bodies and methods of avoiding explosions are well known to the industry. It is suggested that efforts should be made to design safe car batteries, and that there is an urgent need to educate the public to the risks involved with the present batteries.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |