title: Traumatic choroidal rupture in a six-year-old.
abstract: A six-year-old patient presented to the Southern College of Optometry for his first visual examination. The presenting complaint was a constant "burning of the eyes." Preliminary examination revealed an unexplained reduction in visual acuity in the left eye, which was unimproved by refraction. The indistinct disc margin noted in the left eye and a recent history of blunt trauma prompted a dilated fundus examination. This examination revealed an occult post-traumatic choroidal rupture with an associated choroidal neovascular membrane.
authors: Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors: D G
authors: DG
authors: Fuller
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries*; D002832:Choroid Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000473:pathology; D012421:Rupture; D014792:Visual Acuity