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Nikolaos V. Tsopelas, MD; Panagos G. Arvanitis, MD, EBOD
Athens, Greece

Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116:394.

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A 23-YEAR-OLD man struck his left eye in a motor vehicle crash. He noted a complete loss of vision in the eye immediately after the accident. Ophthalmic examination within 1 hour of the injury revealed a visual acuity of 20/20 OD and no light perception OS. The right eye was normal. The left eye had mild edema, ecchymosis of the eyelids, and a small laceration of the upper eyelid. The ocular motility showed diminished elevation of the left eye. The left pupil was dilated and nonreactive. Slitlamp examination disclosed a mild subconjunctival hemorrhage without other anterior segment abnormalities. The intraocular pressure was 12 mm Hg. Ophthalmoscopy revealed complete avulsion of the left optic nerve head,¹ associated with minimal vitreous hemorrhage (Figure 1). Neither the physical examination findings nor the computed tomographic scan findings indicated any intraocular foreign body or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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