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Child with left eye pain
  1. Jen-Tang Sun,
  2. Chih-Jung Chang,
  3. Shyh-Shyong Sim
  1. Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Shyh-Shyong Sim, Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 220216, Taiwan; vin_shyong{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2023-213424

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    Clinical introduction

    A 9-year-old boy visited our ED with left eye pain with visual loss. His left eye was hit by a rope while he was watching his friend jumping with the rope 2 days ago. The injured eye is shown in figure 1. The intraocular pressure of the injured eye was 23.3 mm Hg, with only light perception.

    Figure 1

    The injured eye. Darkness over the anterior chamber, iris and pupil was not visible.

    Question

    What is the most likely diagnosis?

    • A. Acute angle-closure glaucoma

    • B. Anterior uveitis

    • C. Endophthalmitis

    • D. Eight-ball hyphema

    Answer: D

    Discussion

    Grade 4 hyphema, or a total …

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors S-SS and J-TS drafted the article. J-TS and C-JC prepared the figure. S-SS, J-TS and C-JC contributed to article review and revision. S-SS takes full responsibility for the paper.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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