Eggshell in eye
February 11th, 2010
I got a call from the emergency room several weeks ago regarding a consult for an “exploded egg” in the eye.
“Bullshit,” I initially thought. The ED frequently calls me about corneal abrasions and other minor trauma at obscene hours.
The photo on the left does not do justice to the severity of injury. Apparently, the patient had left a pot of boiling eggs on the burner, and exploded in her face. A shard of eggshell pierced the cornea through the stroma, nearly penetrating through Descemet’s membrane/endothelium.
The eggshell was removed in the operating room the next day. Unfortunately, I did not get to do the operation (but exciting nonetheless).