A Case of a Ruptured Eyeball Caused by High-Pressure Water Jets

作者：Oosuka Shou; Sato Takaki; Tajiri Kensuke; Kimura Daisaku; Takai Akiko; Kohmoto Ryohsuke; Fukumoto Masanori; Kobayashi Takatoshi; Kida Teruyo; Ikeda Tsunehiko^*

来源：Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers & Imaging Retina, 2018, 49(6): 451-455.

DOI：10.3928/23258160-20180601-11

To report the case of a ruptured eyeball caused by high-pressure water jets. In this study, the right eye of a 49-year-old male was injured by high-pressure water jets while he was engaged in demolition work. Upon examination, remarkable hyphema and vitreous hemorrhage were observed in the injured eye. After treating the patient's right eye with vitrectomy, in addition to lens subluxation and iridodialysis, retinal detachment was observed at the nasal inferior. The edge of the retinal break was found to be incarcerated into the nasal sclera rupture wounds. The findings of this study indicate that direct exposure to high-pressure water jets can cause a rupture of the eyeball.

• 出版日期2018-6