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A 15-year-old-boy with an optic neuropathy

Author(s) -

David Lazar,

Adham B. Hariri

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

digital journal of ophthalmology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.223

H-Index - 7

ISSN - 1542-8958

DOI - 10.5693/djo.03.2015.06.001

Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , visual acuity , orbit (dynamics) , shot (pellet) , medical history , surgery , ophthalmology , chemistry , organic chemistry , psychiatry , engineering , aerospace engineering

A 15-year-old boy with no past medical or ophthalmic history presented at the Ochsner Hospital and Medical Center, New Orleans, 3 days after having been accidentally shot in his left temple with an air gun from distance of approximately 1 foot. The pellet lodged in his posterior left orbit. On examination in the emergency department, his visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/25 in the left eye.

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