BACKGROUND The presence of an intraocular cilium is very rare and the response of the eye to the cilium is variable. We present the case of a patient with a cilium found in the vitreous cavity during vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment 40 years following penetrating eye injury. To our knowledge, this is the longest reported presence of a cilium in the vitreous cavity. CASE PRESEN...

INTRODUCTION Closed globe injury of the eye is type in which eyewall (sclera and cornea) intact or only partial thickness wound present. Studies focused on closed are limited. So aim study was to analyse demographic pattern, modes trauma, place agent trauma impact different ocular structures vision. MATERIAL AND METHODS It a retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study. Details 167 patient...

Eye injuries resulting from ocular trauma pose a frequent threat to vision the world over. The setting and causes of eye injury are diverse, but previous studies have demonstrated that the risk and type of injury is often correlated with age, gender, and race. While a focused history and prompt ocular examination are essential to immediate management, patient education regarding safety precauti...

purpose : to study the age and gender specific history of ocular trauma in the population of tehran methods : using a stratified cluster sampling approach, 6,497 residents of tehran were selected. participants were transferred to an eye clinic to have complete eye examinations. during the interview, participants were asked about any history of ocular trauma, and any treatment or hospitalization...

OBJECTIVE The aims of present research were to analyze the visually guided eye movements of subjects suffering from the consequences of whiplash injury and the possibility to differentiate patients from feigning subject. We analyzed the role of video-nystagmography for clinical and forensic aspects. METHODS It was a prospective case-control study. Detailed history was taken and patients were ...

PURPOSE Traumatic brain injury involving loss of consciousness has focal effects in the human brainstem, suggesting that it may have particular consequences for eye movement control. This hypothesis was investigated by measurements of vergence eye movement parameters. METHODS Disparity vergence eye movements were measured for a population of 123 normally sighted individuals, 26 of whom had su...

A hugh episcleral traumatic conjunctival inclusion cyst enveloping almost the whole eye, which appeared in the left phthisical eye of a young woman who sustained a perforating ocular injury a few years before enucleation, is described.

BACKGROUND Ocular trauma among children is responsible for a high incidence of uni-ocular blindness. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the pattern of presentation and complications from broomstick eye injury at University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City with a view to proffering solutions on ways to reduce this trend. MATERIALS AND METHODS The hospital records of all consecutive patients ...