Abstract

INTRODUCTION: EYE INJURY IS A LEADING CAUSE OF MONOCULAR VISUAL DISABILITY AND BLINDNESS. MOST OFFSET INJURIES OCCUR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
CASE PRESENTATION: PRESENTING A CASE OF 60Y/O MALE WITH HISTORY OF INJURY TO LEFT EYE BY LEOPARD PALM. ON EXAMINATION THE PATIENT HAD LATERAL AND MEDIAL CANTHAL TEAR WITH LID TISSUE MASS LOSS OF 3*2 CM. REST ANTERIOR SEGMENT EXAMINATION WAS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. LID REPAIR WAS DONE WITH INTERRUPTED SUTURE. FOLLOWING PRIMARY REPAIR PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED SYMBLEPHERON MEDIALLY WITH RESTRICTED MOVEMENTS IN ABDUCTION,ELEVATION AND DEPRESSION . SYMBLEPHERON ADHESIONS WERE RELEASED,AND AMG PLACED COVERING CORNEA, SECURED WITH SYMBLEPHERON RING.THE PATIENT HAS REGAINED EXTRAOCULAR MOVEMENTS PATIENT ALSO HAS BEEN OPERATED FOR CATARACT.
CONCLUSION: ANIMAL(Leopard) INFLICTED OCULAR INJURIES ARE OFTEN SEVERE AND MAY LEAD TO VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. TIMELY INTERVENTION CAN HAVE BETTER VISUAL PROGNOSIS/OCULAR OUTCOME.