blunt ocular trauma
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Blunt Ocular
Trauma
Dr Abdul Munim KhanAssociate Professor and HOD
Eye Department
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College
Mirpur AJK
In persons under 25 years of age, ocular trauma is the number one cause of visual loss.
In the United States in 2001, an estimated 2 million ( approx 1% of population) individuals experienced an eye injury requiring treatment (McGwin G, Xie A, Owsley C. Rate of Eye Injury in the United States . Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:970-976.)
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
NAME: ABC
AGE/SEX: 10yrs/male
ADDRESS: Rawalpindi
OCCUPATION: Student
D.O.A: 15-01-09
M.O.A: ER
PRESENTING COMPLAINTS
Trauma to the right eye with a tennis ball
---------- an hour back
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
The patient was alright an hour back when
while playing cricket, he was hit on his right
eye with a tennis ball & presented to the ER
with the c/o
pain,
swelling and
decreased vision right eye
Pain was moderate to severe in
intensity, sharp pricking in character and
associated with nausea but with no
episode of vomiting.
No h/o bleeding from the eye, diplopia,
ENT bleed, loss of consciousness, fits,
numbness in the face or eyelid.
No h/o trauma to any other parts of the
body.
PAST Hx:
Insignificant
PERSONAL Hx:
Student of class 2.
SOCIOECONOMIC Hx:
Lower middle class.
EXAMINATION
GPE:A young boy lying in bed well oriented in time,
place and person.
Pulse- 90/min
BP- 130/90mm Hg
Temp- 98.6°F
R.R- 16/min
EXAMINATIONCHEST:
B/L Clear
ABDOMEN:
soft, non-tender
CVS:
S1+S2+0
CNS:
intact, GCS- 15/15
OCULAR EXAMINATION
RT. EYE LT. EYE
VISUAL ACUITY HM +ve 6/6
ADENEXA - -
EYE LIDS Moderate swelling
& ecchymosis-
LASHES NAD -
LID MARGINS NAD -
HEAD POSTURE: normal
FACIAL EXPRESSION: normal
RT. EYE LT. EYE
CONJUNCTIVA Mild chemosis &
congestion-
SCLERA - -
CORNEA Clear -
A.C Mild hyphaema,
1mm -
IRIS NAD -
PUPIL Mid-dilated, oval,
sluggish in reaction
to light
R, R, R
LENS Transparent Transparent
VITREOUS Clear Clear
RT. EYE LT. EYE
FUNDI ill defined whitish
lesion with abnormal
reflexes
and sub retinal
hemorrhage at
macula
NAD
EOM Normal Normal
NLD Patent Patent
IOP 14 14
INVESTIGATIONS
Blood CP
° Hgb – 14.5gm/dL
° WBC – 8800/uL
° PLT –219000/uL
X-ray
° skull – AP view, lateral view
° orbit – water’s view, lateral view
CT scan brain without contrast
OCT
X-RAYS
Normal bony outlines, normal orbital wall structures. Maxillary sinuses are normal, no soft tissue density appreciated.
X-RAYS
Sub retinal hemorrhage and exudate deposits between RPE & photoreceptor layer.
Photoreceptor layer pushed towards inner retina by sub retinal hemorrhage.
VISUAL
FIELD
Shows a
central
field
defect
Diagnosis
Commotio Retinae or Berlin’s Odema
Hyphema
TREATMENT
Strict bed rest
Tobramycin + dexamethasone e/d ---- 1 drop
x TDS in to effected eye
Tab Paracetamol ----------------------1x TDS
FOLLOW -UP
AFTER ONE
MONTH:
Swelling of the lids
– resolved
Visual Acuity- 6/18
TRAUMATIC
MYDRIASIS
After One Month
Sub-retinal
hemorrhage &
retinal edema in
resolving stage.
Blunt Ocular Trauma
Incidence of Eye Injury
In the United States in 2001, an estimated 2 million individuals experienced an eye injury requiring treatment (McGwin G, Xie A, Owsley C. Rate of Eye Injury in the United States . Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:970-976.)
In persons under 25 years of age, ocular trauma is the number one cause of visual loss.
The most common causes of blunt trauma are:
Sports related injuries such as cricket,
basketball, water sports and racquet sports.
Elastic luggage straps.
Aggression.
Automobile accidents
Mechanism of Injury
The eye is a relatively incompressible fluid-filled globe.
kinetic energy transfer from the moving object to the globe.
The energy alters the shape of the globe
This alteration in shape has four components:
compression,
decompression,
overshoot,
and oscillations
With each oscillation more and more energy is lost
There is progressive reduction in oscillatory extent and eventual termination.
As the eye oscillates, each ocular layer moves at a different rate due to different elasticity .
This results in generation of shear forces at the interfaces of tissues with different elasticities.
These shear forces causes tissue damage.
The extent of ocular damage depends on:
size of the blunt object
hardness of the blunt object
velocity of the blunt object
force imparted directly to the eye
Direct blow to the globe from a blunt object “larger than the orbital opening”
Energy absorbed by all of the orbital contents leading to rise of intra-orbital pressure
Fractures of the thin bones of orbit
This "pressure-release valve" may prevent serious ocular injury
Direct blow to the globe from a blunt object “smaller than
orbital opening”
Energy directly absorbed by the eye ball
Severe increase in IOP and consequently greater ocular
damage
Effects of blunt ocular trauma
Although the impact of a blunt trauma is
primarily absorbed by lens-iris diaphragm &
vitreous base,
damage can also occur at a distant sites such
as the posterior pole.
Incidence of various ocular injuries after trauma
85 % of the patients were male.
50% were 10 to 29 years old.
Visual impairment was rarely induced by large objects like
soccer balls. viestenz and kuchle 1985-95
Hyphema (73 %),
Angle recession (71 %),
Iris sphincter tears (20 %),
Iridodialysis (10 %),
Cyclodialysis (3,4 %),
Lens dislocation (15 %),
Traumatic cataract (10 %),
Choroidal rupture (7 %),
Retinal tear or detachment (7 %),
Berlin's edema (35,5 %),
Globe rupture (4,6 %),
Blow-out-fracture (8,3 %).
Effects of blunt trauma on various ocular tissues
CONJUNCTIVASUB-CONJUNCTIVAL HAEMORRHAGE
CORNEA
CORNEAL ABRASION
it is a breach of the epithelium.
If over the pupillary area, vision may be grossly impaired.
Corneal abrasion with
fluorescein stain
CORNEAL EDEMA
due to dysfunction of corneal endothelium.
HYPHAEMA
Hemorrhage into the
anterior chamber.
Source of bleeding is
the iris or ciliary body.
RBCs sediment
inferiorly with a
resultant “fluid level ”
Total hyphaema
ANTERIOR UVEA
IRIDODIALYSISdehiscence of the iris from the ciliary body at its root.
The pupil is typically “D” shaped
dark biconvex area near the limbus.
PUPIL
pigment imprinting on the anterior capsule (Vossiusring).
traumatic mydriasis.
Radial tears in pupillarymargin.
CILIARY BODY
may react to severe blunt trauma by temporary
cessation of aqueous secretion (ciliary shock)
resulting in ocular hypotony.
.
LENS
damage to the lens fibers & minute ruptures in lens capsule
cataract forms along posterior sutures resulting in a flower-shaped “rossette” opacity.
LENS
SUBLUXATION
tearing of suspensory ligament
iris may tremble on ocular movement
(iridodonesis).
DISLOCATION
due to 360° rupture of the zonule
VITREOUS
Posterior vitreous detachment which may be
associated with vitreous hemorrhage
RETINAL BREAKS & RETINAL DETACHMENT
RETINAL BREAKS & RETINAL DETACHMENT
COMMOTIO RETINAE
CHOROID
CHOROIDAL RUPTURE involves the choroid, Burch membrane and RPE
OPTIC NERVE
OPTIC NEUROPATHY
presents as sudden visual loss.
Damage to optic nerve can be:
direct (haemorrhage or compression)
Indirect shearing (acceleration of the nerve at the optic canal where it is tethered to the dural sheath).
GLOBE RUPTUREin the vicinity of schlemm canal, with prolapse of intraocular structures such as lens, iris, ciliary body
and vitreous.
Commotio Retinae
Commotio Retinae
It is characterized by a milky-white deep retinal clouding with irregular margins.
Mechanism
After blunt trauma the eyeball changes its shape rapidly
shear forces are created at the interfaces of tissues with different elasticities.
The retina is relatively elastic compared to the sclera-RPE complex and significant shear forces act across this interface causing retinal damage
Location
Commotio retinae presents in the retinal quadrant opposite to the site of impact
(countercoup injury)
It may be located in any region of the retina but is common in the posterior pole and macula
Commotio retinae involving the posterior pole has been referred to as Berlin’s edema
PathologyThe classic Histopathological work of Sipperly, Quigley and
Gass (1978)
Disruption of the photoreceptor outer segments.
The photoreceptor cells undergo degeneration.
RPE phagocytize degenerating photoreceptor outer segments.
The opacity of is due to disrupted photoreceptor cells
FFA findings
Fundus fluorescein angiography of retina involved in commotio retinae shows blocked choroidal fluorescence
studies have indicated that the blood-retina barrier remains relatively intact in this condition.
Subsequent course
Over a course of weeks the retinal opacificationdiminishs with sequelae variable from no signs to a dramatic pigment epitheliopathy.
In mild injury cases the opacity will clear completely without clinically observable signs
when the photoreceptors and RPE have been extensively damaged, the functional deficits are more likely to be severe and permanent
Overview of effects of
blunt Ocular trauma
ocular injury in blunt trauma is due to direct kinetic energy transfer to the globe and/or orbit.
Assessment and evaluation is difficult and treatment is complex.
Even with good management, functional outcome is often compromised and vision is impaired.
Patients suffer from complications for many years following the acute event
Prevention is better than cure
In sports pre-participation evaluation
high myopes, any intra-ocular surgery and strong family history of retinal
detachment.
proper eye and facial protection techniques
use of protective devices.
Take home message
Never take blunt trauma to eye lightly
Patient should always be referred to an ophthalmologist
Always wear protective goggles in contact sports and when performing chisel and hammer type of work
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