title: A rare case of a direct ocular contact burn to the right eye.
abstract: Ocular thermal burns represent an oculoplastic emergency, with the potential for blindness owing to limbal ischaemia. We present a rare case of a 66-year-old man who sustained a direct thermal contact burn to the right eye.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust , Preston , UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust , Preston , UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust , Preston , UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000209:etiology; D003646:Debridement; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013524:Surgical Flaps
keywords: Blindness; Burn; Ocular; Thermal contact