title: Iatrogenic open globe eye injury following sinus surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of iatrogenic open globe eye injury occurring during endoscopic sinus surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report and literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 10-year-old boy presented with periorbital swelling and subconjunctival hemorrhage of the left eye following bilateral nasal adenoidectomy. Funduscopic examination showed evidence of a full-thickness open globe injury at the equator in the inferior nasal midperiphery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The injury most likely was secondary to inadvertent perforation of the lamina papiracea with entrance into the orbit and subsequent penetration of the globe.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sinus surgery has been reported previously in association with severe orbital complications. We are unaware of previous reports of open globe injury following sinus surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. aacaste@emory.edu
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castellarin
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lipskey
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sternberg
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005130:Eye Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries*; D012590:Sclera / Q000293:injuries*; D014463:Ultrasonography