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Case Reports
. 2002 Nov;86(11):1317-8.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.86.11.1317.

Traumatic enucleation with chiasmal damage: magnetic resonance image findings and response to steroids

Case Reports

Traumatic enucleation with chiasmal damage: magnetic resonance image findings and response to steroids

B Parmar et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Nov.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Photograph taken soon after assault showing the right gouged eye and avulsed optic nerve.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Arrow A shows high signal left hemichiasm and arrow B shows normal right hemichiasm.
Figure 3
Figure 3
A left temporal hemianopia after injury (left) and the repeat Goldmann perimetry following pulsed methylprednisolone (right).

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