TY - JOUR
T1 - Ocular injury in children from exploding microwaved eggs.
AU - Berestizshevsky, Svetlana
AU - Goldenberg-Cohen, Nitza
AU - Friling, Ronit
AU - Weinberger, Dov
AU - Snir, Moshe
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - PURPOSE: To report an ocular injury caused by exploding microwave-cooked eggs. DESIGN: Case reports. METHODS: Two children exposed to exploding microwaved eggs were examined for facial burns and ocular trauma. RESULTS: One patient sustained mild corneal epithelial damage in both eyes and eyelid burn, which were treated conservatively. The other, injured in the same event, had symblepharon and moderate keratopathy requiring intensive lysis. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians should be alerted to the potential risk of vision-threatening ocular injury from exploding microwaved foods, and the public should be educated not to cook eggs in microwave ovens.
AB - PURPOSE: To report an ocular injury caused by exploding microwave-cooked eggs. DESIGN: Case reports. METHODS: Two children exposed to exploding microwaved eggs were examined for facial burns and ocular trauma. RESULTS: One patient sustained mild corneal epithelial damage in both eyes and eyelid burn, which were treated conservatively. The other, injured in the same event, had symblepharon and moderate keratopathy requiring intensive lysis. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians should be alerted to the potential risk of vision-threatening ocular injury from exploding microwaved foods, and the public should be educated not to cook eggs in microwave ovens.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.09.079
DO - 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.09.079
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AN - SCOPUS:17144397691
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 139
SP - 718
EP - 719
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 4
ER -