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Conjunctival laceration
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Contents
Background
- From penetrating injury to the ocular surface
Clinical Features
- full-thickness defect in the conjunctiva
- chemosis
Differential Diagnosis
Unilateral Red Eye
- Acute angle-closure glaucoma^
- Anterior uveitis
- Caustic keratoconjunctivitis^^
- Conjunctival laceration
- Conjunctivitis
- Corneal abrasion
- Corneal erosion
- Ocular foreign body
- Corneal ulcer^
- Endophthalmitis^
- Episcleritis
- Globe rupture^
- Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
- Intraocular foreign body
- Inflamed pingueculum
- Inflamed Pterygium
- Keratoconjunctivitis
- Keratoconus
- Lens dislocation
- Nontraumatic iritis
- Scleritis^
- Subconjunctival hemorrhage
- Traumatic hyphema
- Traumatic iritis
- Ultraviolet keratitis
^Emergent diagnoses
^^Critical diagnoses
Evaluation
- Eye Exam
- confirm negative sidel's sign (rule out globe rupture) and no traumatic hyphema
- CT orbit
Management
Simple
- All of the following:
- Superficial
- Not associated with any other serious intraorbital or ocular injury
- Small (<1 cm)
- Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment and ophtho referal in 1-3
Complex
- Discuss with ophthomology
Disposition
- Simple: Outpatient
- Complex: Discuss with ophtho
