Citation

Al-Amry M, Al-Taweel H, Al-Enazi N, Alrobaian M, Al-Othaimeen S. Saudi J. Ophthalmol. 2014; 28(3): 228-233.

Affiliation

Anterior Segment Divison, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Saudi Ophthalmological Society, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.sjopt.2013.07.006

PMID

25278803

PMCID

PMC4181436

Abstract

Three healthy males presented on separate occasions to the emergency room at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH) after sustaining trauma by air-gun pellets. Clinical examination indicated sclopetaria in all the cases. The foreign bodies (air-gun pellets) were imbedded in different locations (subconjunctival, intraorbital, and intracranial). All cases resulted in a profound and permanent visual loss. The management of this traumatic injury is discussed and concurs with the published literature.

Language: en