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Compressed air blast injury with palpebral, orbital, facial, cervical, and mediastinal emphysema through an eyelid laceration: a case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge, only 14 cases of orbital or periorbital compressed air injuries from air guns or hoses have been reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 30-year-old man was accidentally injured when a compressed air hose nozzle hit his right eye. The right half of...

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Published in:BMC Ophthalmol
Main Authors: Hiraoka, Takahiro, Ogami, Tomohiro, Okamoto, Fumiki, Oshika, Tetsuro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228247/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24195485
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-13-68
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