Chronic Staphylococcus hominis endophthalmitis following injury with a retained intraocular foreign body

Post-traumatic endophthalmitis with retained intraocular foreign body - a case report with review of literature.

INTRODUCTION Endophthalmitis following penetrating eye injuries has a poor prognosis and presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The aim of reporting this case was to identify the causative organism of post-traumatic endophthalmitis due to retained iron foreign body and to highlight the importance of carrying out diagnostic investigations. CASE A 20-year-old male presented with tende...

Overlooked retained intraocular foreign body.

INTRODUCTION The most common cause for litigation against ophthalmologists in a trauma case is a missed intraocular foreign body (IOFB). IOFBs cause internal eye damage, but some will come to rest in the posterior segment of the eye. CASE REPORT We presented a 57-year-old male who was referred to the ophthalmologist due to decreased visual acuity in his left eye. Slit lamp examination of his ...

Management of Penetrating Injuries with a Retained Intraocular Foreign Body

Staphylococcus epidermidis endophthalmitis following intraocular lens implantation.

A 90-year-old man developed a hypopyon following cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. The hypopyon cleared with topical corticosteroid therapy but recurred whenever the corticosteroid therapy was reduced. At surgery for the removal of the intraocular lens an opaque anterior vitreous membrane was excised. Cultures of the anterior vitreous grew Staphylococcus epidermidis. The d...

Large intraocular foreign body following a firecracker injury.

To cite: Pujari A, Bajaj M, Dubey D. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016218565 DESCRIPTION An 8-year-old girl child presented with the history of firecracker injury to the right eye. There was a sudden loss of vision associated with pain, redness and watering. Primarily, she was diagnosed as panophthalmitis and started of intravenous antibiotics, ...