Compressed air blast injury with palpebral, orbital, facial, cervical, and mediastinal emphysema through an eyelid laceration: a case report and review of literature
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- 作者：Takahiro Hiraoka (3)
Tomohiro Ogami (3)
Fumiki Okamoto (3)
Tetsuro Oshika (3) - 刊名：BMC Ophthalmology
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：December 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：13
- 期：1
- 全文大小：366 KB
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17. The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2415/13/68/prepub - 作者单位：Takahiro Hiraoka (3)
Tomohiro Ogami (3)
Fumiki Okamoto (3)
Tetsuro Oshika (3)
3. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan - ISSN：1471-2415
文摘
Background To the best of our knowledge, only 14 cases of orbital or periorbital compressed air injuries from air guns or hoses have been reported in the literature. Case presentation A 30-year-old man was accidentally injured when a compressed air hose nozzle hit his right eye. The right half of his face was markedly swollen and a skin laceration near the right medial canthus was identified. A computed tomography scan showed subcutaneous and intraorbital emphysema around the right eye as well as cervical and mediastinal emphysema. He was prophylactically treated with systemic and topical antibiotics to prevent infection. All emphysemas had completely resolved 2 weeks after the injury. Conclusions A review of all 15 cases (including ours) showed that all patients were male and that 6 of the 15 (40.0%) cases were related to industrial accidents. Although emphysema was restricted to the subconjunctival space in 2 (13.3%) cases, it spread to the orbit in the remaining 13 (86.7%) cases. Cervical and mediastinal emphysemas were found in 3 (20.0%) cases, and intracranial emphysema was confirmed in 6 (40.0%) cases. Prophylactic antibiotics were used in most cases and the prognosis was generally good in all but one patient, who developed optic atrophy and blindness.