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Letter to the Editor
Severe penetrating injury due to a burst compact disc in a child
  1. ALEXANDER A BIALASIEWICZ,
  2. GISBERT RICHARD
  1. University Eye Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, D-20251 Hamburg, Germany Correspondence to: Dr Bialasiewicz.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.83.5.628

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      Editor,—Compact discs have evolved as valuable tools in education and communication.1 Although the material is rigid due to several layers of metals and a hard lacquered surface, ocular penetrating injuries2 caused by compact discs have not been reported to our knowledge.

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