OBJECTIVE: Establish an epidemiological analysis of patients assisted in an urgency service of a university eye hospital (Hospital São Geraldo). METHODS: This is a prospective and descriptive study, conducted from september 2005 to january 2006. A questionnaire was used for the purpose of gathering daily information about all the patients assisted in the service. Information was collected on age, sex, occupation, ethnicity, origin of the patient, primary diagnosis (according to International Classification of Disease ICD 10 ) and the approaches […]

OBJECTIVE: The present study aims to describe ocular alterations in sickle cell disease patients in Bahia, a Northeast state, with the highest prevalence of the disease in Brazil. METHODS: We carried out a cross-sectional study in a group of 146 (292 eyes) sickle cell disease patients (90 HBSS and 56 HBSC). Ophthalmologic examination including indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy was performed. Examination was completed by fluorescein angiography to detect retinal lesions. RESULTS: The most frequent ocular lesions identified were “vascular tortuosity” and […]

OBJETIVO: O presente estudo teve como objetivo descrever as alterações oculares em pacientes portadores de doença falciforme, na Bahia, um estado do Nordeste, que tem a maior prevalência da doença no Brasil. MÉTODOS: Nós conduzimos um estudo de corte transversal em um grupo de 146 (292 olhos) pacientes com Doença Falciforme (90 HBSS e 56 HBSC). Para exame oftalmológico foi realizada oftalmoscopia binocular indireta complementada pela retinografia fluorescente para detecção de lesões retinianas decorrentes da Doença Falciforme. RESULTADOS: As lesões […]

The authors report one case of orbital fracture of the floor and the medial walls after trauma with an intact ocular globe displacement into the maxillary sinus. The same authors emphasize the treatment, complications and the rarity of this case. In this case the patient developed a good visual acuity and a loss of ocular motility as complication (except abduction) .

Os autores relatam um caso de fratura de assoalho e parede medial de órbita após trauma com deslocamento de globo ocular intacto para o seio maxilar. Os mesmos autores enfatizam o tratamento, complicações e a raridade da entidade. Neste caso o paciente desenvolveu uma boa acuidade visual e uma perda de motilidade ocular como complicação (exceto abdução).

The eyeball luxation is a dramatic phenomenon in which there is a forward displacement of the eyeball so that the eyelids spasmodically close behind it. There are many risk factors, non-related to trauma, but orbital contusions with optic nerve and extraocular muscles involvement carry the worst prognosis. The present paper reports a dramatic domestic case of globe luxation in childhood, its pathophysiology mechanisms and management.