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Blake A. Cooper, MD; Kevin J. Blinder, MD; Gaurav K. Shah, MD; Isaac Boniuk, MD
Correspondence: Dr Blinder, Barnes Retina Institute, 1600 S Brentwood Blvd, Eighth Floor, St Louis, MO 63144 (KJBlinder@POL.net).

Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:1238.

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A 33-year-old man had sudden onset of decreased vision and a red spot on the right eye. His ocular history included penetrating injury to the right eye while working on a heavy metal punch press 12 years previously. At the time of injury, the patient underwent scleral laceration repair with pars plana vitrectomy, removal of intraocular foreign body, and scleral buckling procedure. The 6-mm laceration was closed with 4-0 and 5-0 Dacron sutures (Alcon Surgical Inc, Fort Worth, Tex) and covered with a 5-mm radial scleral sponge and overlying encircling 240 band.

On current examination, visual acuity was hand motions in the right eye. Slitlamp examination showed a large subconjunctival hemorrhage with conjunctival chemosis. Funduscopic examination demonstrated a dense vitreous hemorrhage. B-scan ultrasonography confirmed the vitreous hemorrhage with no evidence of a retinal detachment. Observation . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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