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Case Reports
. 2006 Mar-Apr;22(2):133-4.
doi: 10.1097/01.iop.0000203495.67894.c7.

Sympathetic ophthalmia after injury in the iraq war

Julie Freidlin  1 , John Pak, Howard H Tessler, Allen M Putterman, Debra A Goldstein
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Case Reports

Sympathetic ophthalmia after injury in the iraq war

Julie Freidlin et al. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

A 21-year-old US soldier received a penetrating eye injury while fighting in Iraq and was treated with evisceration. Sympathetic ophthalmia developed, which responded well to steroid treatment. This is the first case of sympathetic ophthalmia after a war injury reported since World War II.

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