title: Ocular injury in children from exploding microwaved eggs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an ocular injury caused by exploding microwave-cooked eggs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case reports.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two children exposed to exploding microwaved eggs were examined for facial burns and ocular trauma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One patient sustained mild corneal epithelial damage in both eyes and eyelid burn, which were treated conservatively. The other, injured in the same event, had symblepharon and moderate keratopathy requiring intensive lysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physicians should be alerted to the potential risk of vision-threatening ocular injury from exploding microwaved foods, and the public should be educated not to cook eggs in microwave ovens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel and Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. msnir@clalit.org.il
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berestizshevsky
authors.forename: Nitza
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goldenberg-Cohen
authors.forename: Ronit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Friling
authors.forename: Dov
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weinberger
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snir
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004531:Eggs; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000293:injuries; D005107:Explosions; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005143:Eyelids / Q000293:injuries; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008872:Microwaves; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D002701:Chloramphenicol