UMDNJ-NJMS Ophthalmology: Case of the Month

CASE OF THE MONTH

CASE #25

OCULAR TRAUMA

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2.	Neelakshi Bhagat, MD	6.	Neena Mirani, MD
	Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology*		Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
	..................................................................		UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
3.	Paul Langer, MD		Associate Professor of Ophthalmology*
	Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology*		........................................................................
	..................................................................	7.	JDM Glass, MD
4.	Ronald J. Rescigno, MD		Vanderbilt Eye Center
	Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology*		Nashville, Tennessee
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5.	R. Folberg, MD	8.	R. Grigorian, MD*
	University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine		........................................................................
	Department of Pathology	9.	Marco Zarbin, MD
	Chicago, Illinois		Chair & Professor of Ophthalmology*
			Associate Professor of Neurosciences
			UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

*	Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Newark, New Jersey


Supported in part by the Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc; the New Jersey Lions Eye Research Foundation; and the Eye Institute of New Jersey

Case: A 17-year-old woman with past history significant for ruptured globe OD, sustained in a motor vehicle accident, underwent primary wound closure and removal of a glass intraocular foreign body on May 23, 2001. On June 7, 2001 the patient was referred for further treatment. She was taking prednisolone acetate 1% ophthalmic suspension every 2 hours, atropine 1% ophthalmic solution twice per day, and Ciloxan® ophthalmic solution every 6 hours in the right eye.