[Dual cause of blindness: chorioretinitis sclopetaria and homonymous hemianopsia].
METHODS
We describe the case of a man who, after a gunshot wound to the right facial region, exhibited chorioretinitis sclopetaria of the right eye and a contralateral homonymous hemianopsia.


CONCLUSIONS
Chorioretinitis sclopetaria is a rare entity resulting from an ocular injury caused by a bullet passing through the orbit. It is not common to find the condition associated with a damaged visual field caused by the subsequent path traversed and lodging of that bullet in the brain.
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Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Principado de Asturias, Spain. gemurri27@yahoo.es
Junceda-Moreno
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D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000150:complications*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*