[Eye injuries caused by rotating wire brushes].
BACKGROUND
Blunt or penetrating eye injuries are quite common in industry. Workers with high risk of eye trauma do not always wear safety goggles.


OBJECTIVE
This is a report on three patients with wire brush eye injury who presented in our department over a 4 month period.


RESULTS
In all 3 cases, the wire brush penetrated the cornea, the iris and the lens. In one case, an endophthalmitis developed, and despite appropriate treatment (including surgeries), the final visual outcome was poor.


CONCLUSIONS
Eye injuries from rotating wire brushes should be treated with caution, as there is a definite risk of developing endophthalmitis. Safety goggles are recommended for the prevention of such injuries.
Hod
Yair
Y
Department of Ophthalmology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. yairhod@clalit.org.il
Geyer
Orna
O
D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000473:pathology; D007501:Iron; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
D007501:Iron