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Citation |
Berestizshevsky S, Goldenberg-Cohen N, Friling R, Weinberger D, Snir M. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 2005; 139(4): 718-719. |
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Affiliation |
Department of Ophthalmology, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel and Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Publishing) |
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15808175 |
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Abstract |
PURPOSE: To report an ocular injury caused by exploding microwave-cooked eggs. DESIGN: Case reports. METHODS: Two children exposed to exploding microwaved eggs were examined for facial burns and ocular trauma. RESULTS: One patient sustained mild corneal epithelial damage in both eyes and eyelid burn, which were treated conservatively. The other, injured in the same event, had symblepharon and moderate keratopathy requiring intensive lysis. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians should be alerted to the potential risk of vision-threatening ocular injury from exploding microwaved foods, and the public should be educated not to cook eggs in microwave ovens. |