title: Hot, liquid glass injury as a novel mechanism for intraocular foreign body.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the occurrence of a novel mechanism of IOFB with hot, liquefied glass injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two patients suffered an injury to their eye with hot, liquefied glass. The ocular findings included a single scleral entry wound with multiple glass fragments located inside the eye. Fragments were found embedded in the retina, as well as mobile on the retinal surface.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This distinctive mechanism involves an initial liquid state of glass causing injury, and results in multiple solidified glass IOFBs despite a single entrance wound. Though intraocular glass is typically inert, the unique characteristics of this injury may warrant a surgical approach. Surgical management proved successful in stabilizing vision and preventing further complications.
authors: Department of Surgery, Section of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ittiara
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Sanduja
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Chiranand
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Rosenberg
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Aurora
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Hariprasad
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005898:Glass; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012160:Retina / Q000293:injuries*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012590:Sclera / Q000293:injuries*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology