Bilateral macular hole formation secondary to sclopetaria caused by shockwaves transmitted by a posterior vector: case report

BACKGROUND: Sclopetaria is a rare ophthalmic finding in trauma CASE PRESENTATION: This is a report of a patient who developed macular holes from sclopetaria induced by indirect trauma. A 22-year-old male, suffered a gunshot wound that passed behind his eyes, resulting in bilateral macular hole forma...

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Autores principales: Kunjukunju, Nancy, Navarro, Alicia, Oliver, Scott, Olson, Jeff, Patel, Chirag, Garcia, Gerardo, Mandava, Naresh, Quiroz-Mercado, Hugo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20298610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-10-6
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Sclopetaria is a rare ophthalmic finding in trauma CASE PRESENTATION: This is a report of a patient who developed macular holes from sclopetaria induced by indirect trauma. A 22-year-old male, suffered a gunshot wound that passed behind his eyes, resulting in bilateral macular hole formation CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in which trauma posterior to the globes caused bilateral macular hole formation

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