Acute aseptic panophthalmitis caused by a copper foreign body.
Enucleation was performed on a 10-year-old boy after an eye injury from the explosion of a dynamite cartridge. Amaurosis was noted 48 h after the injury upon admission to our clinic. The clinical picture of panophthalmitis comprised bulbus protrusion with limited movement and hypopion; total retinal detachment was demonstrated by ultrasonography. Intensive pain was present. A histochemical investigation was performed, showing purulent exudation in the anterior chamber, choroid, and retina. Copper stained with rubeanic acid was positive. Electrogravimetrically, the foreign body was found to be 94% copper and approximately 40 mm2 in size.
Universitäts-Augenklinik, Yugoslawien.
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Mićović
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Milenković
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Oprić
D002648:Child; D003300:Copper / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010202:Panophthalmitis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery
D003300:Copper