Affiliation:
1. SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İZMİR BOZYAKA SAĞLIK UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİ
2. SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İZMİR BOZYAKA SAĞLIK UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİ, CERRAHİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ
Abstract
66-years old female patient applied to our hospital’s emergency service with the
complaint of an olive tree branch hitting her right eye. She had conjunctival hyperaemia,
discharge, decreased vision and pain on her eye. In the ophthalmologic examination, visual
acuity was measured as 0.1 on the right and 0.7 on the left eye. Biomicroscopic examination
revealed a large, yellow-white keratitis center on superior cornea, hypopyon and an epithelial
erosion which extended up to superior limbus. Ocular ultrasonography was normal. Corneal
scraping sampling was made for direct microscopic examination and culture to determine the
etiological agent.
Publisher
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
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