CASE REPORT
Blunt Ocular Trauma in One Eye
A Photo Documentation
SUSHMITA KAUSHIK, MD,
JASPREET SUKHIJA, MD,
SURINDER SINGH PANDAV, MD,
AMOD GUPTA, MD
Blunt ocular trauma can cause both structural and func-
tional damage to the eye. We present a 13-year-old male
who suffered a blunt injury with a wooden stick. Ocular
examination revealed all the classic seven rings of trauma.
Although ocular examination should always focus on
these signs, all the signs are rarely present in a patient pre-
senting with blunt trauma. Despite multistructural dam-
age, the patient regained useful vision with medical
management alone.
ABSTRACT
ANN OPHTHALMOL. 2006; 38 (3) ...................................................249
REPRINTS
Sushmita Kaushik, Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012, India. E-mail:
sushmita_kaushik@yahoo.com
Drs. Kaushik, Sukhija, Singh Pandav, and Gupta are from the Department of
Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research,Chandigarh-160012, India.
The authors have stated that they do not have a significant financial interest or
other relationship with any product manufacturer or provider of services dis-
cussed in this article. The authors also do not discuss the use of off-label prod-
ucts, which include unlabeled, unapproved, or investigative products or
devices.
Submitted for publication: 4/6/06. Accepted: 4/17/06.
Annals of Ophthalmology, vol. 38, no. 3, Fall 2006
© Copyright 2006 by ASCO
All rights of any nature whatsoever reserved.
1530–4086/06/38:249–252/$30.00. ISSN 1558–9951 (Online)
INTRODUCTION
Blunt ocular trauma can result in damage to various
ocular structures from the cornea, retina, and choroid
(1) , and constitutes a sizeable proportion of emer-
gency hospital visits (2) . The classical mechanism
involves damage to seven rings of tissue resulting in
sphincteric tear, iridodialysis, cyclodialysis, Zonular
rupture, retinal tears or detachment, and choroidal
rupture (1) . However, it is unusual to encounter
simultaneous damage to multiple structures in an
Figure 1—Anterior segment photograph of the right eye
showing iridodialysis and streak hyphema on the anterior
lens surface.