VizD Challenge Week of 2/11/08
A 31-year-old man presents to your ED after being hit in his eye with a golf ball
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Questions:
1. What is the diagnosis?
2. What is a common, worrisome complication of this condition?
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7 comments:
Jefferson,
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Hemorrhage of the opthalmic artery
Complicated by increasing ICP
1. hyphema 2. acute glaucoma
Hyphema.
High intraoccular pressure is a complication. 15-20% of these cases will get glaucoma in 20 years from scarring from the trabecular meshwork.
That is a Hyphema and it can lead to increased IOP, changes in the color of the iris and loss of vision
Yvonne ED RN Yvonnemuse@yahoo.com
1. hyphema
2. synechiae leading to glaucoma
1. Hyphema
2. Hemorrhage
John
U of Cincinnati
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