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Globe Rupture: Multimedia

Author: Joe Robson, MD, Consulting Staff, Emergency Service Partners, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palestine Regional Medical Center, Guadalupe Regional Medical Center, St Joseph Medical Center, Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
Coauthor(s): Amy J Behrman, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Director, Division of Occupational Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Stephanie Abbuhl, MD, Vice Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Attending Physician in Emergency Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Updated: Jul 16, 2009

Multimedia

Operating microscope view of a globe rupture seco...Media file 1: Operating microscope view of a globe rupture secondary to blunt trauma by a fist. Notice the dark arc in the bottom of the photo representing the ciliary body visible through the scleral breach. Subconjunctival hemorrhage of this severity should raise suspicion of occult globe rupture. Photo courtesy of Brian C Mulrooney, MD.
Operating microscope view of a globe rupture seco...

Operating microscope view of a globe rupture secondary to blunt trauma by a fist. Notice the dark arc in the bottom of the photo representing the ciliary body visible through the scleral breach. Subconjunctival hemorrhage of this severity should raise suspicion of occult globe rupture. Photo courtesy of Brian C Mulrooney, MD.

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Further Reading

Keywords

globe rupture, ocular trauma, vision loss, scleral rupture, open-globe injuries, open globe injuries, penetrating orbital traumas, blunt orbital traumas, eye injuries, penetrating eye injury, perforating eye injuries, foreign body in the eye

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Joe Robson, MD, Consulting Staff, Emergency Service Partners, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palestine Regional Medical Center, Guadalupe Regional Medical Center, St Joseph Medical Center, Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
Joe Robson, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, Emergency Medicine Residents Association, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Amy J Behrman, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Director, Division of Occupational Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Amy J Behrman, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Stephanie Abbuhl, MD, Vice Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Attending Physician in Emergency Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Stephanie Abbuhl, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Emergency Physicians, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Medical Editor

Edward A Michelson, MD, Program Director, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Health Systems in Cleveland
Edward A Michelson, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, National Association of EMS Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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John D Halamka, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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