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Case Reports
. 2010 Mar 19:10:6.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2415-10-6.

Bilateral macular hole formation secondary to sclopetaria caused by shockwaves transmitted by a posterior vector: case report

Nancy Kunjukunju  1 , Alicia Navarro, Scott Oliver, Jeff Olson, Chirag Patel, Gerardo Garcia, Naresh Mandava, Hugo Quiroz-Mercado
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Bilateral macular hole formation secondary to sclopetaria caused by shockwaves transmitted by a posterior vector: case report

Nancy Kunjukunju et al. BMC Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Background: Sclopetaria is a rare ophthalmic finding in trauma

Case presentation: This is a report of a patient who developed macular holes from sclopetaria induced by indirect trauma. A 22-year-old male, suffered a gunshot wound that passed behind his eyes, resulting in bilateral macular hole formation

Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in which trauma posterior to the globes caused bilateral macular hole formation.

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Figure 1
Entrance and exit wounds (see arrows) revealed by computerized tomography (CT) scans (axial and coronal views) in conjunction with three-dimensional (3D) orbital reconstruction (anterior and posterior views).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Red free and late fluorescein images (OU), with late fluorescein images demonstrating window defect at the site of the macular hole.
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