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Choroidal ischaemic infarction following ocular contusion with small framed spectacles: Hutchinson-Siegrist-Neubauer- syndrome
  1. A Viestenz,
  2. M Küchle
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
  1. Correspondence to: Arne Viestenz, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Schwabachanlage 6, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany; Arne.Viestenz{at}t-online.de

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We read with interest the article by Clarke et al.1 The authors describe their findings in a 79 year old aphakic woman with a so called non-penetrating injury caused by compression with small framed spectacles. This type of injury is defined to be a contusion/closed globe injury.2

The authors presented a fundus photograph that they interpreted as a “choroidal rupture following blunt injury to …

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