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Michael S. Ruddat, MD; Mark W. Johnson, MD
Ann Arbor, Mich

Arch Ophthalmol. 1995;113(12):1568-1569.

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Perfluorocarbon liquids are useful in treating a variety of complex vitreoretinal surgical conditions, including complex retinal detachments, dislocated intraocular lenses, and intravitreal crystalline lenses and lens fragments.¹ We report the use of perfluorocarbon liquid to facilitate the removal of two large radiopaque intraocular glass fragments.

Report of a Case.

A 14-year-old boy noted immediate pain and loss of vision in his left eye on explosion of a glass bottle packed with dry ice. He had sustained a BB injury to the left orbit without sequelae 3 months earlier. Examination revealed a visual acuity in the left eye of hand motions, a left afferent pupillary defect, hemorrhagic chemosis, hyphema, and dense vitreous hemorrhage. Orbital computed tomographic scanning demonstrated a BB in the left ethmoidal sinus and two large densely radiopaque foreign bodies along the inferior sclera of the left eye (Figure). During primary repair of a posterior scleral laceration, no . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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