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PENETRATING INJURY FROM PLASTIC AIRSOFT PELLET SHOWS BEAM-HARDENING ARTIFACT ON COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY.

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Gupta, D; Tailor, TD; Francis, C; Kanal, K; Klesert, T
Published in: Retin Cases Brief Rep

PURPOSE: To describe a case of left eye corneal perforation, cataract, hyphema, and intraocular foreign body after airsoft pellet injury. METHODS: The authors reviewed the medical history and diagnostic imaging of a 12-year-old boy injured by a pellet from an airsoft gun. Typically, plastic airsoft pellets cause blunt trauma to the globe, which can lead to visual disability from corneal abrasion or hyphema. Initial computed tomography of the left orbit showed a 6.1 mm × 7.6-mm radiodense foreign body with beam-hardening artifact, a radiographic feature associated with metallic objects. RESULTS: The patient was taken to the operating room for globe repair, lensectomy, vitrectomy, and removal of intraocular foreign body. The removed foreign body was a plastic airsoft pellet. CONCLUSION: This is the first report of a plastic intraocular foreign body showing beam-hardening artifact. This finding may have implications in the diagnosis and management of retained intraocular or intraorbital plastic foreign bodies.

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Retin Cases Brief Rep

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EISSN

1937-1578

Volume

12

Issue

4

Start / End Page

346 / 348

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Wounds, Gunshot
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Plastics
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating
  • Eye Foreign Bodies
  • Child
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry
 

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Gupta, D., Tailor, T. D., Francis, C., Kanal, K., & Klesert, T. (n.d.). PENETRATING INJURY FROM PLASTIC AIRSOFT PELLET SHOWS BEAM-HARDENING ARTIFACT ON COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY. Retin Cases Brief Rep, 12(4), 346–348. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000000500
Gupta, Divakar, Tina D. Tailor, Courtney Francis, Kalpana Kanal, and Todd Klesert. “PENETRATING INJURY FROM PLASTIC AIRSOFT PELLET SHOWS BEAM-HARDENING ARTIFACT ON COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY.Retin Cases Brief Rep 12, no. 4 (n.d.): 346–48. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000000500.
Gupta D, Tailor TD, Francis C, Kanal K, Klesert T. PENETRATING INJURY FROM PLASTIC AIRSOFT PELLET SHOWS BEAM-HARDENING ARTIFACT ON COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 12(4):346–8.
Gupta, Divakar, et al. “PENETRATING INJURY FROM PLASTIC AIRSOFT PELLET SHOWS BEAM-HARDENING ARTIFACT ON COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY.Retin Cases Brief Rep, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 346–48. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/ICB.0000000000000500.
Gupta D, Tailor TD, Francis C, Kanal K, Klesert T. PENETRATING INJURY FROM PLASTIC AIRSOFT PELLET SHOWS BEAM-HARDENING ARTIFACT ON COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 12(4):346–348.

Published In

Retin Cases Brief Rep

DOI

EISSN

1937-1578

Volume

12

Issue

4

Start / End Page

346 / 348

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Wounds, Gunshot
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Plastics
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating
  • Eye Foreign Bodies
  • Child
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry