Two Cases of Ocular Trauma with Air Gun Pellets
Nakul Verma *
Department of Ophthalmology, Gian Sagar Medical College, Rajpura, Patiala (Punjab), India.
Balbir Khan
Department of Ophthalmology, Gian Sagar Medical College, Rajpura, Patiala (Punjab), India.
Vartika Anand
Department of Ophthalmology, Gian Sagar Medical College, Rajpura, Patiala (Punjab), India.
Ashneet Sandhu
Department of Ophthalmology, Gian Sagar Medical College, Rajpura, Patiala (Punjab), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Two healthy males presented on separate occasions to the emergency room after sustaining trauma by air-gun pellets during farmer’s agitation against the government. Clinical examination indicated that the foreign bodies (air-gun pellets) were imbedded in different locations (subconjunctival and subcutaneous in eye lid.). The management of this traumatic injury is discussed and concurs with the published literature.
Keywords: Ocular trauma, foreign body, subconjunctival, air-gun pellet