Ophthalmology
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Learning Units
- Unit 1: Sudden Loss of Vision
- Unit 2: Visual field defects, double vision & optic disc swelling
- Unit 3: Pupil abnormalities, Facial nerve palsy & Ptosis
- Unit 4: Refractive Error
- Unit 5: Children & Squint
- Unit 6: Differential diagnosis of blurred vision
- Unit 7: Gradual Loss of Vision
- Unit 8: Eye Trauma
- Unit 9: Red Eye
- Unit 10: Systemic Disease
- Useful Links
- KEATS
- KCL website
- Contact Us
Unit 8: Eye Trauma
5: Ruptured Globe
Signs
- Severe sub-conjunctival haemorrhage
- Hyphaema
- Restriction of ocular motility (often with associated diplopia)
- Extruded intraocular contents (these are often pigmented)
- Collapsed globe
- Irregular pupil & subluxed lens
- Commotio retinae [see image]
- Traumatic optic neuropathy and retinal breaks
- Vitreous haemorrhage
Image credit: EyeRounds.org
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