title: Isolated tarso-conjunctival superior eyelid traumatic laceration.
abstract: To report a unusual case of an isolated traumatic stellated tarso-conjunctival laceration located in the upper left eyelid without eyelid margin involvement and with normal ocular examination. A 19 year-old male wounded by a bokken (wooden katana) while practicing a sham duel had an isolated eyelid tarso-conjunctival laceration, without any other eyelid layer damage, neither skin nor muscle. Treatment was conservative without suture, by means of compressive occlusion fixing the pieces of broken tarsus in the correct position. The aim of the treatment was to avoid any wrong eyelid position secondary to healing. The eyelid maintained normal structure and movement in the follow-up at 8 months. Tarsal plate rupture is usually combined with other eyelid layer damage, which usually requires suture by layers. If eyelid skin and muscle are intact, we may choose conservative management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, 12 de Octubre Hospital, Complutense University, Avda. de Córdoba, s/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Carrillo-Arroyo
authors.forename: Irene T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Gordo-Molina
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mencía-Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Esperanza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Díaz
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarmiento-Torres
mesh_terms: D058128:Compression Bandages; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000293:injuries*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005143:Eyelids / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D022125:Lacerations / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts / Q000293:injuries*; D014945:Wound Healing; D055815:Young Adult