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Learn about blunt ocular trauma, its causes, and consequences, such as injuries to the orbit, eyelids, cornea, sclera, and more. Explore clinical manifestations and differential diagnoses associated with each type of injury.
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Categories • Blunt Trauma • Penetrating Trauma • Chemical injuries • Thermal injuries • Radiation burns • Electric shock
I. Blunt Ocular Trauma • Cause: Trauma of the eye by a blunt object e.g. stone, tennis ball, football, stick….etc
Sequelae of blunt ocular trauma • Orbit: blow-out fracture • Eyelids: lid edema & ecchymosis • Conjunctiva: conj.laceration, subconj. hge • Cornea: cornea edema, corneal laceration or abrasion • Sclera: rupture globe • Anterior chamber: hyphema • AC Angle: angle recession glaucoma
Contin. • Iris: iridodialysis • Pupil: traumatic miosis & traumatic mydriasis • Lens: Tr. cataract, subluxation, dislocation • Vitreous: vitreous hge • Choroid: ch. rupture, ch. effusion • Retina: retinal edema, dialysis, tear, hge, detachment. • Optic nerve: traumatic optic neuropathy
1. OrbitBlow-out fracture of orbital floor • Mechanism: An object larger than 5 cm in diameter (e.g. tennis ball) strikes the orbit and the increased intraorbital pressure fractures the orbital floor
2. Eyelids • Lid ecchymosis (black eye) • Lid edema • Lid emphysema (paranasal sinuses) • Traumatic ptosis
3. Conjunctiva • Subconjunctival hemorrhage • Lacerated wound (small)
Differential Diagnosis • Local ocular trauma Vs Fracture base of the skull
4. Cornea • Corneal edema • Corneal abrasion or laceration
5. Sclera • Direct contusion rupture of the sclera • Indirect contusion rupture of the sclera
8. Iris • Laceration, hemorrhage • Iridodialysis • Post-traumatic iridocyclitis
9. Pupil • Traumatic miosis • Traumatic mydriasis • Minute ruptures in the pupillary border
10. Lens • Vosssius ring • Traumatic (concussion) cataract 1. Punctate opacities in superficial cortex 2. Rosette-shaped posterior cortical cataract • Traumatic subluxation or dislocation
Traumatic cataract(Rosette-shaped posterior cortical cataract)
Traumatic cataract(Rosette-shaped posterior cortical cataract)
11. Vitreous • Vitreous hge • Vitreous detachment