CASE REPORT
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 88-90

Open globe injury in a 3-year-old child presenting 3 days later!!!


1 Military Hospital, Ahemdabad Cant; Hanuman Camp, Shahibag, Ahemdabad, Gujarat, India
2 Command Hospital (NC), Udhampur, India
3 Drishti Eye Centre, Dehradun, India
4 Military Hospital, Jodhpur, India

Correspondence Address:
Avinash Mishra
Military Hospital, Ahmedabad Cant; Hanuman Camp, Shahibag, Ahemdabad, Gujarat
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.122798

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Open globe injuries are a very common cause of unilateral visual loss, with children accounting for up to 20% of all these injuries. The principles of management of ocular injuries are the same for children and adults. However, the management in the case of a child is made much more difficult due to variable cooperation with assessment and continuing therapy as well as the subsequent possibility of amblyopia further complicating the treatment. Here we report the successful management of a 3-year-old child who was brought to this center with a full thickness penetrating injury to her cornea, with a pencil, and the presence of hypopyon, 3 days after the occurrence of the injury.


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