AIMS To provide epidemiological data on the current burden of serious eye injuries utilising the hospital eye service, to inform the planning and provision of eye health care, and health and safety strategies for the prevention of ocular injuries. METHODS A prospective observational study was carried out of all patients with ocular trauma admitted to hospitals in Scotland, under the care of a...

Neurotrophic keratitis (also called neurotrophic keratopathy) (NTK) is a degenerative disease of the cornea, accompanied with neurogenic inflammation. It caused by sensitive innervation loss trigeminal nerve and characterized reduced sensitivity cornea retardation its healing process. NTC-causing damage to can occur at different levels-from nucleus terminals located in be ocular systemic diseas...

To cite: Campbell TG, Razavi H, Turner AW. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014204305 DESCRIPTION A young Afghani man detained in an immigration centre 1500 miles from tertiary eye care presented to an outreach ophthalmology clinic in a remote part of Australia with a history of long-standing visual loss. He reported being blinded in a suicide bomb...

purpose: to report a case of proteus syndrome with new ophthalmic findings not reported elsewhere. patient and findings: the patient is an 18-year-old girl with red lesions on hand and foot from birth and disproportionate growth of right upper and lower limbs from the first year of life. on examination, the patient has enlargement of the right upper and lower limb, macrodactyly, vascular malfor...

Fistulae may be defined as direct connections between arteries and veins. Carotid-cavernous fistulae (CCF) are formed secondarily to abnormal communications between the cavernous portion of the carotid artery and the venous plexus of the cavernous sinus. Traumatic fistulae usually result from injuries to the internal carotid artery in its course to the cavernous sinus. These types of fistula fr...

BACKGROUND Dental professionals are among the occupational groups that experience ocular injuries and problems as they perform their daily dental works. The purpose of the study was to determine the ocular health practices by dental surgeons in Southern Nigeria. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on dental surgeons working in Southern Nigerian tertiary oral healthcare centers us...

FOREIGN bodies lodged in the eye following perforating injuries are serious ophthalmic emergencies. The retention of a foreign particle within the eye-ball may result in infection, sympathetic ophthalmitis, local irritative and chemical reaction apart from the mechanical damage caused at the time of the accident. The visual prognosis is extremely variable because of so many factors such as exte...

Trauma to the eye represents approximately 3% of all emergency department visits in the United States. Rapid assessment and examination following trauma to the eye is crucial. A thorough knowledge of potential injuries is imperative to ensure rapid diagnosis, to prevent further damage to the eye, and to preserve visual capacity. This article describes the aspects of the eye examination that mer...