A Case of Airbag Related Ocular Trauma.
- Author:
In Young CHUNG
1
;
Hyung Suk SHIM
;
Jong Moon PARK
;
Jun Kyeong SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Air bag-associated ocular trauma;
Choroidal rupture;
Motor vehicle accident
- MeSH:
Adult;
Air Bags*;
Choroid;
Humans;
Hyphema;
Incidence;
Motor Vehicles;
Rupture
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1999;40(9):2640-2644
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
With the increasing number of air bag-equipped vehicles, there has been a corresponding increase in the incidence of air bag-associated ocular trauma. We encountered a 38 years old man who sustained corneal damage, hyphema, angle recession, medial wall fracture, and visual damage by choroidal rupture of macula due to an inflated air bag in motor vehicle accident and brief review of related literature is presented.
