Intraorbital air simulating an intraocular foreign body.
OBJECTIVE
To present an ultrasonographic finding that simulated an intraocular foreign body after repair of a ruptured globe.


METHODS
Case report. An ultrasonogram of a post-trauma eye was correlated with a computed tomographic scan.


RESULTS
B-scan ultrasonography was performed on an eye after repair of a corneoscleral laceration. The ultrasonogram showed a highly reflective echo source suggestive of a foreign body; however, an orbital computed tomographic scan demonstrated that the lesion was intraorbital air.


CONCLUSIONS
Although a highly reflective echo source in the presence of a ruptured globe may suggest a foreign body, the presence of orbital air should also be considered when interpreting ultrasonograms used in the preoperative and postoperative management of globe trauma.
Bhavsar
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Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Fong
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Kerman
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Yoshizumi
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D000328:Adult; D000388:Air; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012590:Sclera / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery