Corneal ulcer caused by a wooden foreign body in the upper eyelid 6 months after minor injury

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 397-399

  Baumeister, Martin ^a,b   Kuhli Hattenbach, Claudia ^a   Lüchtenberg, Marc ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal ulcer; Minor injury; Ocular infection; Wooden foreign body

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SWELLING; EYELID DISEASE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; UPPER EYELID; WOOD;

CHILD; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; EYELIDS; HUMANS; MALE; WOOD;

EID: 33750913344     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095868     Document Type: Article

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