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Published on: August 25, 2021
Traumatic globe luxation and enucleation caused by a human bite injury
Holly B Hindman1, Divya Srikumaran, Colleen Halfpenny
1Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. Holly_Hindman@URMC.Rochester.edu
Abstract:
A 55-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with complete loss of vision in the left eye after being bit in the face by her autistic grandson. She had a small upper eyelid laceration and an anophthalmic socket on the left side. A thorough history revealed that the bite had caused traumatic luxation of her globe, which had allowed the child to transect the optic nerve with his teeth. Careful attention was directed toward the prevention of retrograde infection in this unusual case of traumatic enucleation.
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