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Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:1270-1272.

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A 61-year-old non–English-speaking woman went to an outside emergency department after falling and hitting her head on the edge of a piece of furniture. She complained of decreased vision and pain in the left eye. A computed tomographic scan demonstrated intraocular air with a metallic foreign body in the left eye (Figure 1). The woman was referred to our institution for further evaluation.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Axial computed tomography demonstrates a radio-opaque object in the anterior globe. The object appears to be in the eye wall. Note the associated air suggestive of globe penetration.

We were unable to obtain additional history from the patient owing to a language barrier. Visual acuity was 20/80 OD and 20/200 OS. Intraocular pressure was 10 mm Hg OD and 12 mm Hg OS. The anterior segment examination revealed inferonasal loss of the iris stroma in both eyes, which was consistent with iris colobomas. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Sunir J. Garg, MD; Kunal Kanitkar, MD; Eric Weichel, MD; David Fischer, MD

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