Sympathetic ophthalmia after injury in the iraq war.
A 21-year-old US soldier received a penetrating eye injury while fighting in Iraq and was treated with evisceration. Sympathetic ophthalmia developed, which responded well to steroid treatment. This is the first case of sympathetic ophthalmia after a war injury reported since World War II.
Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Julie
J
Freidlin
John
J
Pak
Howard H
HH
Tessler
Allen M
AM
Putterman
Debra A
DA
Goldstein
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D017234:Eye Evisceration; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D009879:Ophthalmia, Sympathetic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011355:Prodrugs / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014857:Warfare
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D011355:Prodrugs; C009935:prednisolone acetate; D011239:Prednisolone; D011241:Prednisone