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[Analysis of forensic identification of traumatic macular hole in 16 cases]
Xiao-Ming Xu1, Chuan-Fei Zheng, Xing-Ben Liu
1Department of Clinical Forensic Medicine, School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China. cmuxxm@163.com
Objective:
To analyze and summarize the characteristics of traumatic macular hole and to discuss the key points and matters need attention in forensic identification.
Methods:
Sixteen cases of traumatic macular hole were collected from Forensic Science Identification Center of China Medical University from 2004 to 2009 and analyzed.
Results:
All of the 16 cases resulted from closed ocular contusion. Traumatic macular hole was more common in young men and may occur immediately after injury or after a certain interval. Six months after injury, there was a spontaneous closure of macular hole in 2 cases and the vision of the injured in 12 cases improved to different degrees. According to the degree of vision dysfunction, 12 cases were identified as slight injury, 4 cases were identified as severe injury.
Conclusion:
Traumatic macular hole has its characteristics. Its injury degree is all slight or severe injury. The time of identification should be within 3-6 months.
