Rapid onset of severe ocular injury after exposure to a button battery.
J AAPOS
; 18(6): 600-1, 2014 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Button batteries are commonly used in many household electronic items and are a potential health hazard, especially in children. We present the case of a 2-year-old girl presented with swelling and redness of her right eye of 3 hours' duration. Examination revealed a button battery that had became lodged in the superior fornix of her right eye. After the intact battery was removed, the patient was found to have suffered an alkali burn to the underlying conjunctiva and sclera. The burn healed with symblepharon formation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Suministros de Energía Eléctrica
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Quemaduras Químicas
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Enfermedades de la Esclerótica
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Quemaduras Oculares
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Cuerpos Extraños en el Ojo
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Enfermedades de la Conjuntiva
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Enfermedades de los Párpados
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J AAPOS
Asunto de la revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Año:
2014
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Article