TY - JOUR
T1 - Computed tomography in penetrating injury to the eye
AU - Bhimani, Sultan
AU - Virapongse, Chat
AU - Sarwar, Mohammad
AU - Twist, James F.
PY - 1984/5
Y1 - 1984/5
N2 - We used computed tomography to detect and localize foreign bodies in two unusual cases of penetrating injury to the eyes. In one case, a large broken twig appeared to have penetrated the globe and the inferior rectus muscle; in the other, the globe was ruptured by many glass shards. In the first case surgery showed the computed tomographic impression to be incorrect. The globe and the inferior rectus muscle were intact and vision and motility were normal postoperatively. In the second case, swelling made direct visualization impossible, and computed tomography was used to locate the foreign bodies.
AB - We used computed tomography to detect and localize foreign bodies in two unusual cases of penetrating injury to the eyes. In one case, a large broken twig appeared to have penetrated the globe and the inferior rectus muscle; in the other, the globe was ruptured by many glass shards. In the first case surgery showed the computed tomographic impression to be incorrect. The globe and the inferior rectus muscle were intact and vision and motility were normal postoperatively. In the second case, swelling made direct visualization impossible, and computed tomography was used to locate the foreign bodies.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9394(84)90376-3
DO - 10.1016/0002-9394(84)90376-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 6720836
AN - SCOPUS:0021329319
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 97
SP - 583
EP - 586
JO - American journal of ophthalmology
JF - American journal of ophthalmology
IS - 5
ER -