Ultrasonography in ocular trauma: A pictorial description

Abstract

Ultrasonography is an indispensable diagnostic tool for examination of the eye after ocular trauma, which can be quite challenging due to various reasons like lack of patient cooperation, hazy media, and injury to periocular structures. We have retrospectively analyzed the case records of 269 patients who had sustained ocular trauma over a span of 1 year and compiled the data of the findings that were obtained from ultrasound scan. The scan was found to be normal in most cases (27.63%) and the second most common finding was retinal detachment (24.36%). Other findings that were noted are vitreous hemorrhage, choroidal detachment, optic nerve avulsion, endophthalmitis, panophthalmitis, presence of intraocular foreign body, and phthisis bulbi.