[Smartphone-operated detonation of a firecracker resulting in a macular hole].
A 22-year-old man presented to the emergency room on New Years Eve after a firecracker had exploded next to his left eye. Besides injuries to the eyelid, conjunctival and corneal trauma, a commotio retinae at the temporal periphery and the central retina were revealed funduscopically. A small full macular hole was detected by spectral domain optical coherence tomography scan (OCT). After topical treatment with tobramycin, fluorometholone and lubrication eye drops the best-corrected vision improved from 0.2 to 0.8 within 3 months and the follow-up OCT revealed a spontaneous closure of the macular hole.
Pallas Klinik AG, Louis Giroud-Str. 20, 4600, Olten, Schweiz.
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Papazoglou
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Baumüller
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D000287:Administration, Topical; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D005469:Fluorometholone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D054327:Lubricants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D012160:Retina / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014031:Tobramycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D054327:Lubricants; D005469:Fluorometholone; D014031:Tobramycin