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[Contusion eye trauma caused by explosion of vacuumed coffee tin]
Purpose:
To report a rare case of eye contusion trauma, resulting from explosion of vacuumed coffee tin.
Material And Methods:
7 years old patient underwent injury of the right eye while opening a vacuumed coffee tin. The examination consisted in: history, evaluation of the visual acuity and refraction, examination of intraocular pressure, biomicroscopy, ophthalmoscopy.
Results And Discussion:
During the examination an edema has been found in the macula area. This edema lately degenerated. When the patient was admitted his visual acuity was 20/30 and did not change when he was released. The visual acuity of the left eye was 20/20.
Conclusion:
Contusion trauma, caused by vacuumed coffee, can be followed by constant changes in the area of the macula and result in decreasing of the visual acuity.