MRI visualization of optic nerve avulsion due to ocular perforation from BB gun projectile

Luke Barnard; Radwan Ajlan

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports (Sep 2018)

MRI visualization of optic nerve avulsion due to ocular perforation from BB gun projectile

Luke Barnard,
Radwan Ajlan

Affiliations

Luke Barnard: University of Kansas School of Medicine, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS, USA
Radwan Ajlan: Corresponding author. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, 7400 State Line Road, Prairie Village, KS 66208, USA.; University of Kansas School of Medicine, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11
pp. 121 – 123

Abstract

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To report a case of optic nerve avulsion after a perforating injury by an air-soft/BB gun that was successfully captured with magnetic resonance imaging. Keywords: Optic nerve avulsion, MRI, BB, Air-soft gun, Perforating injury

Published in American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports

ISSN: 2451-9936 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/american-journal-of-ophthalmology-case-reports/

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