Open AccessAn unusual case of penetrating ocular trauma with a pressure cooker
Author(s) -
Soumya Swarup Chattopadhyay,
Udayaditya Mukhopadhyay,
Kumar Saurabh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
oman journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0974-7842
pISSN - 0974-620X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-620x.64234
Subject(s) - evisceration (ophthalmology) , cooker , sclera , medicine , implant , surgery , blindness , ophthalmology , optometry , engineering , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology
Ocular trauma is a major cause of vision loss. The circumstances and agents implicated in such injuries are diverse. We present an unusual case of penetrating ocular trauma with the nozzle of a pressure cooker lid in a 32-year-old housewife causing deep laceration of the upper eye lid and sclera. The impacted metallic nozzle was removed on an emergency basis. Autoevisceration of ocular contents due the high velocity impact resulted in the final decision to surgically complete the evisceration and implant a glass ball implant. This case highlights the propensity of grievous ocular trauma in a domestic environment.