Citation

Hanna A, Mangal R, Stead TG, Ganti L. Cureus 2019; 11(10): e5988.

Affiliation

Emergency Medicine, Envision Physician Services, Orlando, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Curēus)

DOI

10.7759/cureus.5988

PMID

31807376

PMCID

PMC6876914

Abstract

The authors present a case of globe rupture from a fall in an elderly patient. This patient had her intraocular contents protruding and experienced complete vision loss in her right eye. The emergency management and downstream surgical care is discussed, as well as the use of the Ocular Trauma Score to predict prognosis. Our patient had an Ocular Trauma Score of 1, considering right retinal detachment and perforating injury.

Copyright © 2019, Hanna et al.

Language: en

Keywords

emergency medicine; globe rupture; ophthalmology; trauma