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Wood Foreign Body and Ocular Hypotony

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This is the third of our cases of ocular trauma and

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this one is a little less subtle.

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In this case, once again,

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we are looking at the right globe and we see that

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the anterior chamber cannot be distinguished.

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The lens of the eye which is seen on the left side

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normally, cannot be seen in the right eye.

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It has been disrupted.

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And we also see that the vitreous and the

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shape of the vitreous is flattened.

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This patient has a through and through injury to this globe

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where both the anterior chamber has been ruptured,

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the vitreous has been ruptured.

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There likely is a wooden foreign body,

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low density on the CT scan and we have hemorrhage in the

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vitreous, as well as the anterior chamber and

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complete disruption of the lens of the eye.

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When one sees that the shape of the globe is as

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flattened as it is on these serial images,

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we sometimes will use the term ocular hypotony,

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representing the low-pressure state of the globe,

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which allows it to look like a flat tire or flattened out.

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This globe is unlikely to be salvaged, and the

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patient is likely to have enucleation.

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Faculty

David M Yousem, MD, MBA

Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean

Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Trauma

Orbit

Neuroradiology

Neuro

Head and Neck

CT

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