Abstract
IntroductionWe report an unusual case of corneal lamellar injury caused by long bamboo splinters.Case presentationA 70-year-old Japanese man visited our hospital with a bamboo injury. Slit lamp examination revealed that a bundle of bamboo splinters had deeply penetrated the corneal stroma of the right eye from the nasal limbus. The splinters were approximately 8 mm in length, but had not perforated the anterior chamber. They were completely removed by superficial corneal incision alongside each splinter with no consequences. The eye has remained healed for 3 months postoperatively.ConclusionThe bamboo splinters did not perforate the anterior chamber, although they were long and hard enough to do so. This may be because the spatula-like shape and flexibility of the bamboo splinters allowed them to penetrate the lamellar layer of the corneal stroma with ease, but with no perforation of deeper tissue.
Highlights
We report an unusual case of corneal lamellar injury caused by long bamboo splinters.Case presentation: A 70-year-old Japanese man visited our hospital with a bamboo injury
Slit lamp examination revealed that a bundle of bamboo splinters had deeply penetrated the corneal stroma of the right eye from the nasal limbus
The bamboo splinters did not perforate the anterior chamber, they were long and hard enough to do so. This may be because the spatula-like shape and flexibility of the bamboo splinters allowed them to penetrate the lamellar layer of the corneal stroma with ease, but with no perforation of deeper tissue
Summary
The bamboo splinters were long and hard enough to penetrate the corneal stroma, but did not. This may be explained by the spatula-like shape and flexibility of the bamboo splinters enabling them to penetrate the lamellar phase with ease. Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Authors Contributions MK: study concept and design, patient care, drafting the manuscript, literature review, TK: editing the manuscript, CS: patient care, data collection, literature review, JS: study concept and design, revising the manuscript, All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript
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