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Periorbital ecchymosis as a sign of perforating injury of the globe
Author(s) -
GhaziNouri Seyed M,
Vote Brendan J,
Sullivan Paul M
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.00951.x
Subject(s) - ecchymosis , medicine , foreign body , eye injuries , surgery , presentation (obstetrics) , sign (mathematics) , poison control , ophthalmology , injury prevention , medical emergency , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The distinction between penetrating eye injury with retained intraocular foreign body and perforating globe injuries is not always easy clinically. The case is presented of a 25‐year‐old man who sustained a perforating eye injury that was through a clear self‐sealing corneal entry site and had no conjunctival or periorbital injury. He had periorbital ecchymosis on presentation suggesting that the globe had been perforated with resulting retro‐orbital blood tracking to the periorbital region. This sign would not be expected had the foreign body remained intraocular. The management options of these cases are discussed.