Penetrating corneal fish-hook injury

Ophthalmologica. 1994;208(2):112-3. doi: 10.1159/000310464.

Abstract

A healthy 13-year-old female was struck in the left eye by a fish-hook while fishing. The fish-hook penetrated the cornea, passed the anterior chamber and exited from a second corneal site near the limbus. The fish-hook was removed by cutting its shank and pushing it out of the wounds. Visual acuity was 20/20 OS after surgery. Mild corneal scarring was present at the penetration sites. We would like to report this case because there is a limited number of patients with penetrating corneal fish-hook injuries and this case presents the only female patient in the ophthalmological literature who suffered corneal fish-hook injury.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cornea / surgery
  • Corneal Injuries*
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / surgery*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Metals
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Metals