Intraorbital Air Simulating an Intraocular Foreign Body

To present an ultrasonographic finding that simulated an intraocular foreign body after repair of a ruptured globe. Case report. An ultrasonogram of a post-trauma eye was correlated with a computed tomographic scan. B-scan ultrasonography was performed on an eye after repair of a corneoscleral lacer...

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Published in:American journal of ophthalmology 1997-06, Vol.123 (6), p.835-837
Main Authors: Bhavsar, Abdhish R., Fong, Donald S., Kerman, Barry, Yoshizumi, Marc O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Air
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Eye Foreign Bodies - diagnostic imaging
Eye Foreign Bodies - etiology
Eye Injuries - complications
Eye Injuries - surgery
Humans
Injuries of the orbit. Foreign bodies of the eye. Diseases due to physical agents
Limbus Corneae - injuries
Limbus Corneae - surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Orbit - diagnostic imaging
Orbit - pathology
Sclera - injuries
Sclera - surgery
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Ultrasonography
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - surgery
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Summary:To present an ultrasonographic finding that simulated an intraocular foreign body after repair of a ruptured globe. Case report. An ultrasonogram of a post-trauma eye was correlated with a computed tomographic scan. B-scan ultrasonography was performed on an eye after repair of a corneoscleral laceration. The ultrasonogram showed a highly reflective echo source suggestive of a foreign body; however, an orbital computed tomographic scan demonstrated that the lesion was intraorbital air. Although a highly reflective echo source in the presence of a ruptured globe may suggest a foreign body, the presence of orbital air should also be considered when interpreting ultrasonograms used in the preoperative and postoperative management of globe trauma.
ISSN:0002-9394
1879-1891
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9394(14)71135-3