Persistent Lower Lid Swelling in an Infant – Impacted Foreign Body!

Autor:	Javeria Nasir, Anum Javed, Mohammad Hanif Chatni, Owais Arshad
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures General physical examination business.industry Impaction General surgery Ocular trauma medicine.disease eye diseases Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure medicine sense organs Eyelid Foreign body business Foreign Bodies
Zdroj:	Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology. 36
ISSN:	2789-4347 0886-3067
DOI:	10.36351/pjo.v36i3.1052
Popis:	Ophthalmologists, including general practitioners definitely encounter ocular foreign bodies in their clinics. Theconjunctival fornices are potential sites of impaction. We report a case of a 9-month infant boy who was referred to us for a persistent lower lid swelling for one month. He had already been to an eye specialist before presenting to us. Upon examination, a round, pink coloured, toy cart-wheel came out of his lower eye lid of the right eye. Surprisingly, there was no associated conjunctival or adnexal damage. The authors wish to emphasize the importance of taking a thorough history and adequate general physical examination. A missing part of a toy, elucidated on history, should always raise the suspicion among parents and/or care givers for a probable foreign body in infants and children.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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