RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ocular injuries from liquid golf ball cores.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 740
OP 747
DO 10.1136/bjo.60.11.740
VO 60
IS 11
A1 D R Lucas
A1 A C Dunham
A1 W R Lee
A1 W Weir
A1 F C Wilkinson
YR 1976
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/60/11/740.abstract
AB Tissue removed from nine new cases from 18 hours to 20 weeks after injury by a golf ball contained crystalline and other foreign material to which there was a mild inflammatory reaction followed by macrophagic activity and fibrosis. Optical and electron probe analysis showed that the crystalline material was crushed barytes containing small quantities of muscovite as is typical in natural deposits. The centres of several golf balls were shown to contain essentially identical material. By contrast with previous reports, no zinc sulphide was found. The form and frequent location of the deposits in the conjunctiva as compared with cornea and eyelid is related to the structure of these tissues.