Contusion eye trauma caused by explosion of vacuumed coffee tin
Vangelova, A.
Khirurgiia 57(5-6): 47-48
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0450-2167 PMID: 12122761 Document Number: 530806
To report a rare case of eye contusion trauma, resulting from explosion of vacuumed coffee tin. 7 years old patient underwent injury of the right eye while opening a vacuumed coffee tin. The examination consisted in: history, evaluation of the visual acuity and refraction, examination of intraocular pressure, biomicroscopy, ophthalmoscopy. During the examination an edema has been found in the macula area. This edema lately degenerated. When the patient was admitted his visual acuity was 20/30 and did not change when he was released. The visual acuity of the left eye was 20/20. Contusion trauma, caused by vacuumed coffee, can be followed by constant changes in the area of the macula and result in decreasing of the visual acuity.