Inflammation from Orbital Wound (Kennerdell Case 54, PPT)

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Identifier Kennerdell_case54_ifow.ppt
Title Inflammation from Orbital Wound (Kennerdell Case 54, PPT)
Creator John S. Kennerdell, MD (1935-2017)
Affiliation Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subject Orbit; Inflammation; Trauma; Tomography, X-ray Computed; Incision
Description History: A young child with a swollen upper lid and an entrance wound of the tip of a pencil thrust into her superior right orbit by a playmate. Anatomy: Orbit. Disease Diagnosis: Inflammation; Trauma. Presenting Symptom: Swollen upper lid and an entrance wound from pencil tip. Neuroimaging: Axial CT scan of the inflammatory reaction in the superior right orbit and lid. Lower axial CT scan of the marked inflammation created by the entrance of the tip of the pencil which was broken off. Coronal view of the dense fragment in the upper left orbit consistent with graphite, adjacent to a hypodense fragment consistent with wood. Treatment: Anterior lid incision. Etiology: Pencil-tip wound.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: John S. Kennerdell Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Kennerdell/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6r78gxp
Setname ehsl_novel_jsk
ID 180141
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r78gxp
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